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Lead Software Engineer - Target Supply Chain

Employer
Target
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Start date
Jul 17, 2019
Closing date
Sep 18, 2019

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Category
Retail / Wholesale
Employment Status
Full Time
Description:
About us:
Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America's leading retailers. Behind the brand our guests love, is a culture of continual innovation - and right now, we are up to big things.

Supply chain Last Mile Transportation is a dynamic and high visibility field. We focus on optimizations and integration with carriers for getting the products bought in Target stores or target.com to the Target guests. This is a fast-moving field and the successful team members are comfortable with constant change. With your technical expertise, you will be tasked with solving challenging business and technical problems of the retail world. You'll be responsible for building out new set of capabilities that impact millions of guests around the country. You will be designing and implementing solutions using the latest technology stack in a collaborative and exciting environment.

As the Lead Engineer...
  • You work closely with the product owner to understand the business vision and translating that into technical goals
  • You create, own and are responsible for the application architecture that best serves the product in its functional and non-functional needs.
  • Write high quality, well-tested, scalable, secure code to implement stories
  • Our team is growing and you will mentor junior engineers and help them grow.
  • 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 participates 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.
  • We hope you are passionate about high quality, clean code. You will create and improve standards and best practices to ensure high-performance, scalable, and secure deliverables.
  • 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.
  • Stay current with Target's technical capabilities, infrastructure, and technical environment.


About you:
  • 4 year degree or equivalent experience
  • 7+ 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


Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Target will provide reasonable accommodations (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with the application process upon your request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please visit your nearest Target store or Distribution Center or reach out to Guest Services at 1-800-440-0680 for additional information.

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