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Target

Principal Engineer

Target

. Set the strategy for software development and/or infrastructure engineering at Target .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeBrooklyn Park • Minnesota • United StatesLead💰 $168,000 - $303,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CassandraChefCloudJ2EEJavaKubernetesMongoDBNoSQLPostgresPythonRubySQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Set the strategy for software development and/or infrastructure engineering at Target
  • Set direction for software and infrastructure engineering across multiple portfolios and drive adoption across TTS
  • Lead and approve engineering efforts to meet functional and non-functional requirements
  • Mentor internal and external technical talent and contribute to the external technical community
  • Understand Target’s business and technical environments and help resolve complex business challenges
  • Assess technical solutions through proofs of concept and prototypes, including viability, applicability, and cost implications
  • Collaborate with technical staff and Enterprise Architecture teams to set technical direction
  • Drive technology lifecycle management and communicate standards and decisions to engineering teams
  • Participate in procurement specifications, installation, and maintenance of Target systems
  • Lead the design and building of the Target platform API, focusing on scalability, availability, and performance
  • Advocate for extreme Agile and DevOps practices
  • Work with engineering leaders to build high-performing engineering teams
  • Provide technical leadership, coaching, motivation, and participate in selecting technical talent

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 4-year degree or equivalent experience
  • Continuing education to maintain thorough knowledge of technical domains and stay current with technologies
  • 12+ years of experience in technology development or services
  • 4+ years of experience in strategic planning and setting technical direction
  • Strong understanding of systems programming and control languages relevant to the domain
  • Demonstrated success solving complex technical problems in more than one technical or functional area
  • Understanding of business fundamentals, technology support for business goals, technical strategy, and financial implications
  • Proven leadership, influencing, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
  • Strong teamwork and team-effectiveness knowledge
  • Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
  • Excellent planning and organizational skills
  • Experience with Java/J2EE, SQL/NoSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, graph structures, Python, Ruby, Chef, Drone, Kubernetes containers, and cloud technology
  • Work duties cannot be performed outside the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Comprehensive health benefits, which may include medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Employee discount
  • Short-term disability
  • Long-term disability
  • Paid sick leave
  • Paid national holidays
  • Paid vacation
  • Financial, education, and well-being benefits and programs
  • Remote work arrangement with work-from-home or alternate-location flexibility
  • Remote team members may travel to HQ up to 4 times a year
  • Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities