Sr Engineer – Loyalty Earnings

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As a Senior Engineer you serve as a specialist in the engineering team that supports the product. You help develop and gain insight in the application architecture. You can distill an abstract architecture into concrete design and influence the implementation. You show expertise in applying the appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems. You are an expert in programming and apply your skills in developing the product. You have the skills to design and implement the architecture on your own but choose to influence your fellow engineers by proposing software designs providing feedback on software designs and/or implementation. You show good problem solving skills and can help the team in triaging operational issues. You leverage your expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences.

About this Team:

As an engineer on the Aurora team you will be responsible for designing developing and optimizing software solutions tailored for Loyalty Earnings. You develop keen insight into the technical architecture and design to deliver robust and scalable software components. You will collaborate with product owners and other cross-functional engineering teams to deliver high-quality software that meets the evolving needs of our business and guests. You contribute to research and proof-of-concept and assist with code review writes organizes and maintains code based on designs. Participate in structured construction automation debugging and implementation activities ensuring architectural and operational requirements and best practices are met. Resolve frequently encountered technical issues and monitors systems capacity with minimal assistance. You are keen to learn the design and architecture of the product and participate in ceremonies that can influence both. Your work will directly impact our Guests experience and contribute to the overall success of our loyalty initiatives

Our engineering teams are empowered to select the appropriate technology for the problem they are trying to solve. Common technologies include:

CICD: Code Pipelines utilizing Vela Docker containerized integration tests

Languages and Frameworks like Kotlin Java REST Gradle

Databases like Postgres Cassandra

Distributed event streaming platforms like Kafka

Metrics tooling like Grafana and InfluxDB

Log aggregation with tooling similar to Logstash and Kibana

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:
4 year degree or equivalent experience
5 years of software development experience
Working knowledge on package-specific configuration and deployment along with ability to build custom solutions
Designs new testing methods and resolves routine and non-routine technical issues with minimal assistance
Demonstrates strong proficiency in core development platforms within own domain
Builds strong commitment within the team to support the appropriate team priorities
Clearly communicates Agile concepts to partners within product team
Demonstrates a solid understanding of the impact of own work on the team and/or guests
Writes and organizes code using multiple computer languages including distributed programming and understand different frameworks and paradigm
Delivers high-performance scalable repeatable and secure deliverables with broad impact (high throughput and low latency)
Influences and applies data standards policies and procedures
Maintains technical knowledge within areas of expertise
Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed educatio

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Targets needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team members core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually depending upon what your role team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

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