Sr Engineer - Enterprise Collaboration & Productivity

Target Target · Retail · NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park, MN

Senior Engineer on the Enterprise Collaboration team responsible for developing and supporting solutions including chat, content management, and personal digital assistance (GenAI). The role involves applying and maintaining knowledge of current and emerging technologies, evaluating new technologies, and initiating research and proof-of-concept activities. Responsibilities include leading design, lifecycle management, and cost of ownership of services, conducting code and design reviews, and providing technical oversight. The role also emphasizes embedding data quality protocols.

What you'd actually do

  1. Use your technology acumen to apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies within specialized area(s) of the technology domain.
  2. 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.
  3. Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for new technologies.
  4. Manage total product, financials and forecasting.
  5. Lead the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services.

Skills

Required

  • 4 year degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of software development experience
  • Demonstrates strong domain-specific knowledge regarding Target’s technology capabilities, and key competitors’ products and differentiating features
  • 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 education

Nice to have

  • Databases (SQL/NoSQL)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Containers (Kubernetes/Docker)
  • Python
  • PowerShell
  • Node-JS
  • Java

What the JD emphasized

  • personal digital assistance (GenAI)

Other signals

  • personal digital assistance (GenAI)
  • Evaluate new technologies
  • Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for new technologies
  • Embed data quality protocols throughout data acquisition, processing, storage, and operational use