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Target · 4 weeks ago

Lead Engineer - Core Retail Services(Remote Or Hybrid)

Brooklyn Park, MN

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$128K/yr - $231K/yr

7+ years exp

Target is a company that helps families discover the joy of everyday life. They are seeking a Lead Engineer to serve as the technical anchor for the engineering team, responsible for application architecture and driving architectural changes to enhance feature development and service quality.

CommunitiesE-CommerceRetailShopping

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Use your technology acumen to apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies within specialized area(s) of the technology domain

Evaluate new technologies and participate in decision-making, accounting for several factors such as viability within Target’s technical environment, maintainability, and cost of ownership

Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for new technologies

Lead or set strategy for testing and debugging at the platform or enterprise level

In complex and unstructured situations, serve as an expert resource to create and improve standards and best practices to ensure high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables

Lead the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services

Provide the team with thought leadership to promote re-use and develop consistent, scalable patterns

Participate in planning services that have enterprise impact

Provide suggestions for handling routine and moderately complex technical problems, escalating issues when appropriate

Gather information, data, and input from a wide variety of sources; identify additional resources when appropriate, engage with appropriate stakeholders, and conduct in-depth analysis of information

Provide suggestions for handling routine and moderately complex technical problems, escalating issues when appropriate

Develop plans and schedules, estimate resource requirements, and define milestones and deliverables

Monitor workflow and risks; play a leadership role in mitigating risks and removing obstacles

Lead and participate in complex construction, automation, and implementation activities, ensuring successful implementation with architectural and operational requirements met

Establish new standards and best practices to monitor, test, automate, and maintain IT components or systems

Serve as an expert resource in disaster recovery and disaster recovery planning

Stay current with Target’s technical capabilities, infrastructure, and technical environment

Develop fully attributed data models, including logical, physical, and canonical

Influence data standards, policies, and procedures

Install, configure, and/or tune data management solutions with minimal guidance

Monitor data management solution(s) and identify optimization opportunities

Qualification

Software developmentArchitecture designData lifecycle managementDistributed systemsSystems optimizationEmerging technologiesTechnical leadershipTeam coordinationCommunication skillsProblem-solving

Required

4-year degree or equivalent experience

Minimum of 7-10 years of software development experience with at least one full cycle implementation

Demonstrates strong domain-specific knowledge regarding Target's technology capabilities, and key competitors' products and differentiating features

Demonstrates broad and deep expertise in multiple computer languages and frameworks (e.g., open source). Designs, develops, and approves end-to-end functionality of a product line, platform, or infrastructure

Communicates and coordinates with project team, partners, and stakeholders

Demonstrates expertise in analysis and optimization of systems capacity, performance, and operational health

Understands and develops solutions to foster data lifecycle management

Maintains deep technical knowledge within areas of expertise

Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education

Experience in building highly scalable distributed systems

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more

401(k)

Employee discount

Short term disability

Long term disability

Paid sick leave

Paid national holidays

Paid vacation

Company

Target

Glassdoor3.5

Target is a retailing company providing access to a wide selection of products such as furniture, electronics, toys, and others.

Founded in 1962

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.target.com

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