Lead Engineer Automation Integration & Scale Engineering

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The Lead Engineer Automation Integration & Scale Engineering will join a brand-new high-impact engineering team focused on transforming Targets Supply Chain and Storesstarting with Supply Chain.

Were building a high-impact engineering team to bring next-generation automation to life across Targets Supply Chain. Engineers will build scalable production-ready software integrations that connect Target systems with automation solutions with a strong focus on reliability observability monitoring and operational support. The team will own solutions from development through testing site rollout stabilization and ongoing evolutionsolving complex real-world integration challenges along the way. If you enjoy building resilient systems at scale strong end-to-end ownership and seeing your software directly power physical operations this is the team for you.

As aLead Engineer you will be a key technical leader responsible for driving the design and delivery of innovative scalable systems in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment. You will lead by examplewriting high-quality code mentoring engineers and shaping the teams technical direction.

What Youll Do

• Own and drive the architecture design and implementation of backend systems that power Targets store and warehouse operations
• Lead technical discovery and rapid prototyping to evaluate new ideas and prove their value
• Collaborate closely with product operations and platform teams to translate real-world problems into scalable engineering solutions
• Guide the team through ambiguous problem spacesmaking smart trade-offs and ensuring timely high-quality delivery
• Champion engineering best practices and mentor other engineers on design performance and scalability
• Integrate with automation software and systems that interact with physical devices and operational workflows

Core technologies:

• Languages: Kotlin
• Runtimes/Frameworks: Micronaut Frameworkless
• Event Streaming: Kafka
• Datastores: Postgres Mongo Cassandra Elastic RocksDB
• Metrics & Monitoring: InfluxDB Grafana
• Caching - Redis

Core responsibilities are outlined below and may evolve based on business needs.

About you:

• 4-yeardegree or equivalent experience
• 7 years of software development experience with at least one full cycle implementation
• Demonstratesstrong domain-specific knowledgeregardingTargets technology capabilities and key competitors products and differentiating features
• Strong expertise in designing distributed systems and event-driven architectures
• Hands-on experience building resilient high-throughput backend systems
• Ability to work across ambiguous fast-moving initiatives and bring clarity and structure
• Experience working with automation hardware integration or operational tech is a plus
• Excellent communication and a strong bias for action
• Communicates and coordinates with project team partners and stakeholders
• Maintains deep technical knowledge within areas of expertise
• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education.
  

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. Clickhereif you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

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