Full Stack Sr Engineer – Owned Brands – Spark Materials

Target • Full-time • Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States • $95k - $171k / year • 3m ago

The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

As a Senior Engineer, you serve as a specialist in the engineering team that supports the product. You help develop and gain insight in the application architecture. You can distill an abstract architecture into concrete design and influence the implementation. You show expertise in applying the appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems. You are an expert in programming and apply your skills in developing the product. You have the skills to design and implement the architecture on your own but choose to influence your fellow engineers by proposing software designs, providing feedback on software designs and/or implementation. You show good problem-solving skills and can help the team in triaging operational issues. You leverage your expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences.

About this team:

The Target Owned Brands - Spark Materials team is based out of Target North Campus and is focused on developing capabilities needed to develop, own and manage product materials as part of the Owned Brands design process. The team also is responsible for managing solutions for colors and artwork and has integrations with several outside solutions. In 2025, the team is focused on two goals: connecting materials with product bill of materials (BOMs) and co-building a new Owned Brands Product Lifecycle Management Platform with five other product teams. This is an exciting opportunity for engineers to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Owned Brands and driving the growth of a $30+ Billion business.

Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As a Senior Engineer on the team, you will leverage cutting-edge technologies to design and implement scalable, robust, and innovative solutions from the ground up. You will collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, business stakeholders, and other cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions that align with the evolving needs of our business. In this role, you will tackle complex challenges, make critical architectural decisions, and set the technical direction for the team. You are passionate about delivering high-quality software, balancing the speed of feature delivery with the robustness and maintainability of the solutions you design and implement. Your responsibilities will include contributing to research initiatives, developing proof-of-concept prototypes, and conducting thorough code reviews. You will write, organize, and maintain high-quality code that adheres to architectural and operational standards. Additionally, you will participate in structured development processes, including automation, debugging, and deployment, ensuring best practices are consistently met. You will proactively resolve technical issues, monitor system performance and capacity, and provide guidance to the team on design and architectural decisions.

Our engineering teams are empowered to select the appropriate technology for the problem they are trying to solve. Common technologies include:

Front end libraries like ReactJS
Languages and Frameworks like Spring Boot, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript and TypeScript
Databases like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, etc.
Distributed event streaming platform like Kafka
CICD: Code Pipelines like Docker, Vela, Spinnaker
Metrics visualizations like Grafana
Log aggregation with Logstash and Kibana

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

About you:

4 year degree or equivalent experience
5+ years of software development experience
Demonstrates strong proficiency in core development platforms within own domain
Proven ability to design, write, and organize high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code.
Working knowledge and expertise on package-specific configuration and deployment along with ability to build custom solutions
Demonstrates a solid understanding of the impact of own work on objectives and business goals.
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
Influences and applies data standards, policies, and procedures
Demonstrates strong domain-specific knowledge regarding technology capabilities, and key competitors’ products and differentiating features
Builds strong commitment within the team to support the appropriate team priorities
Designs new testing methods and resolves routine and non-routine technical issues with minimal assistance
Creates secure, repeatable, and high-performance deliverables that have a broad organizational impact.
Stays current with new and evolving technologies through formal training and self-directed learning.
Hands-on experience with modern backend technologies, including Java/Kotlin, and databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, or graph structures.
Expertise in modern frontend programing in JavaScript and frameworks such as ReactJS
Strong communication skills and coordinates with team, partners, and stakeholders effectively

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

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