About Us

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers.

Target as a tech company? Absolutely. We’re the behind-the-scenes powerhouse that fuels Target’s passion and commitment to cutting-edge innovation. We anchor every facet of one of the world’s best-loved retailers with a strong technology framework that relies on the latest tools and technologies—and the brightest people—to deliver incredible value to guests online and in stores. We drive industry-leading technologies in support of every angle of the business, and help ensure that Target operates smoothly, securely and reliably from the inside out.

The Team

Target's Marketing Engineering Products team creates highly scalable, deeply multifaceted and cutting-edge distributed products and platforms that help Target’s business offer the best-in-class guest experience across Target.com, our iOS and Android apps, and in nearly 2,000 stores across the U.S. This team solves real-life challenges at an unmatched scale and complexity and drives Target’s growth in different ways. Here’s a glimpse into our world:

• Developing applications for Roundel, which creates personalized ad campaigns across the internet for our partner brands.
• Refining Target Circle, our loyalty program, and one of the biggest in the U.S.
• Building and scaling the centralization of guest data & algorithms across the enterprise.
• Manage & deliver 2D and 3D content that inspires guests to make purchases confidently.
• Driving clear and consistent messaging via store signage
• Delivering personalized messages across different channels for the best guest experience in-store and online.

Teams at Target embrace open-source technology stack in our solutions - a commitment that manifests itself with 124 open-source repos on our GitHub, 8+ enterprise grade solutions built in-house, and number of patents granted to India team members for key contributions. TAP (Target Architecture Platform), an in-house platform, reimagines the developer development journey leveraging latest open-source technologies. Offerings such as these are quintessential to developing the next set of competitive differentiators for Target and its guests.

Last but not the least, we are also deeply passionate and committed to offering outstanding experience through a culture of fun, empathy, belief in ownership and support for learning that is evident in our commitment to yearly 50 days of learning accorded for personal learning and growth.

If you have a passion for software architecture, cutting-edge technologies, massive scale, building performant systems, solving challenging problems by leading a diverse and inclusive team, then this challenge is for you!

About You

As a Principal Engineer in Creative Content-Marketing Tech, you will play a key role in driving the technical vision, architecture, and execution of our products and solutions. Working with the leadership, you will define and drive delivery of the CreativeContent and Social Media products space. You guide a team of talented engineers, from experimentation, concept to delivery. You will often be involved in heavy lifting of the code in areas where it is most complex.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the identification, conceptualization and development of holistic solutions (aka Platform) to the content ecosystem at Target. The result will be a well-crafted, flexible enterprise platform that significantly enhances agility of Marketing at Target. To do this, you will need to partner across various stakeholders. You will have to influence thought and be ready to evolve your thought based on what you see and hear from them. Lead Architecture Design and Development of scalable, reliable, and high-performance for a futuristic marketing content technology that scales beyond the requirements of business. Lead building a creative content platform, for different asset formats which is ready for dynamic publish across a content delivery network considering security parameters. Defines vision for structure and interactions of the system's dependencies, at both technical and business level, and outlines the integration patterns with appropriate level of abstraction. Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and maintainability. Champion a culture of quality and excellence within the engineering team. Stay updated on emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices. Drive innovation through the evaluation and adoption of new technologies that enhance our products. Develop whitepapers, patents, contribution to open-source community, attend/present in conferences.

Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Requirements:

• 4 year Professional Degree in Computer Science
• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on full stack development.
• Proven track record of experimenting, defining, designing and delivering high-quality large scale distributed software systems preferably in Creative Cloud and Social media, with familiarity in content transcoding and encoding.
• Strong leadership skills with experience leading and mentoring engineering teams. Provide constructive feedback and support career progression for team members.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Deep understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Experience with programming languages and frameworks such as Java, Kotlin, React, SpringBoot with databases like Postgres, Mongo and Cassandra.
• Knowledge of associated technologies like Micronaut, Microfrontend is a plus.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.