Lead Engineer - Ad Tech
Lead Engineer - Ad Tech
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About us:
As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400000 team members worldwide Target is an iconic brand and one of Americas leading retailers.
Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are and we invest in the places we collectively live work and play. We prioritize relationships fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities and succeed as one Target team. At our core our purpose is ingrained in who we are what we value and how we work. Its how we care grow and win together.
Team Overview:
Roundel is Targets entry into the media business with an impact of $1B; an advertising sellside business built on the principles of first party (people based) data brand safe content environments and proof that our marketing programs drive business results for our clients. We are here to drive business growth for our clients and redefine value in the industry by solving core industry challenges vs. copy current industry methods of operation. Roundel is a key growth initiative for Target and lead the industry to a better way of operating within the media marketplace. Target Tech is on a mission to offer the systems tools and support that our clients guests and team members need and deserve. We drive industryleading technologies in support of every angle of the business and help ensure that Target operates smoothly securely and reliably from the inside out.
Role Overview:
As a Lead Engineer (Ad Tech) you will collaborate with cross functional teams to help set the technology strategy for Ad Tech platforms including DSP SSP and Ad Servers for selfservice advertising needs. You will help assessing build/buy decisions for new capabilities through POCs and prototypes keeping in mind longterm vs. shortterm tradeoffs. You lead engineering efforts to meet functional and nonfunctional requirements and assist teams in resolving business challenges via current technical solutions. Work with engineering manager to build a high performing engineering team and provide technical leadership coaching motivation and participate in the selection of technical talent. You are a thought leader and actively participate and contribute to the Target technical community.
About you:
Have 8 years of software development experience with at least one full cycle implementation
Understands Ad Tech business fundamentals and how technologies can support business goals along with how to translate business vision into a technical strategy while understanding the financial implications
Preferred experience in building and or integrating DSP SSP Ad Server technology platforms in support of selfservice Advertising
Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and selfdirected education
Passionate about the backend especially about APIs
Fluent in Java / Spring and microservices
Experienced working with databases (RDBMS NoSQL such as Cassandra Mongo etc)
Experienced with Kafka
Enjoy mentoring junior engineers
Effective at collaboration with Product experts
Stay current with the technology best practices and trends
Worked within CI/CD DevOps environment
Has proven leadership capabilities the ability to influence others interpersonal skills and problemsolving skills
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