Sr Engineer - DAART

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.

The Senior Engineer, DAART (Delivery and Automated Routing Technology) will support a critical platform that manages operational activities within Target’s Sortation Centers. It integrates a suite of backend services that ingest last mile package data from upstream systems, a web-based user interface for real-time visibility, and a Zebra mobile application used by sortation associates to execute floor-level operational processes. In addition to managing sortation workflows, DAART also performs advanced delivery routing—generating optimized last mile routes for Target’s delivery partners to ensure efficient and reliable package fulfillment. 

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.

You would be one of the talented engineers on the DAART Team creating the application that powers the Target Sortation Centers and delivery routing, which are core to Target's Last Mile Delivery solution.  Our Engineers are full stack and part of almost all technical discussions and decisions.  We encourage experimentation and are biased towards action.  We expect everyone to take ownership, be bold and genuine while always thinking forward and never settling.  Desired skills include: Experienced in full software lifecycle development and willingness to go the extra mile. 

Core Technologies:

• Languages: Kotlin, JavaScript, Python
• Runtimes/Framework: Micronaut, Spring Boot, React, JOOQ, Gradle
• Messaging: Kafka, REST API  
• Databases: PostgreSQL  
• Metrics: Grafana   

Core responsibilities of this job 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 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 infras