Sr Engineer - Target India - Backend
Target
Bangalore,IndiaPosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
Backend DeveloperBackup and RecoveryEngineeringR ProgrammingdebuggingTestNGdesignAgileDesign PatternsFulltime
Key highlights
- 5+ years of software development experience
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience
Role overview
As a Senior Engineer at Target, you will serve as a specialist in the engineering team, developing and refining application architecture, applying software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems, and leveraging your expertise to influence and guide fellow engineers. You will lead the design, lifecycle management, and cost of ownership of services, while staying current with emerging technologies and ensuring high-performance, secure, and scalable deliverables. The role involves technical oversight, disaster recovery planning, and embedding data quality protocols throughout the data lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a specialist in the engineering team that supports the product
- Help develop and gain insight in the application architecture
- Distill an abstract architecture into concrete design and influence the implementation
- Show expertise in applying the appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems
- Apply skills in programming and developing the product
- Design and implement the architecture on your own, but choose to influence fellow engineers by proposing software designs, providing feedback on software designs and/or implementation
- Show good problem-solving skills and help the team in triaging operational issues
- Leverage expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences of issues
- Use technology acumen to apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies within specialized area(s) of the technology domain
- Evaluate new technologies and participate in decision-making, accounting for 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
- Manage total product, financials, and forecasting
- Lead the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services
- Lead and conduct code review, design review, testing, and debugging activities at the application level
- Lead functional design and architecture discussions with understanding of process flows and system diagrams to enable design decisions
- Participate in routine and non-routine construction, automation, and implementation activities, ensuring successful implementation with architectural and operational requirements and best practices met
- Provide technical oversight and coach others to resolve complex and severe technical issues
- Lead disaster recovery activities and contribute to disaster recovery planning
- Embed data quality protocols throughout data acquisition, processing, storage, and operational use
Requirements
- 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 of package-specific configuration and deployment along with the 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 the 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 understands different frameworks and paradigms
- 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
Additional details
- Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
- Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture.