Engineer - Audience Platform

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Pay range: $73,200.00 – $

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As an Engineer on the Enterprise Audiences team, you will develop new capabilities to support Marketing Capabilities such as Target Circle 360, Digital, and Roundel. You will build microservices, user interfaces, Kafka consumers, and database query technology to enable dynamic audience creation for the enterprise. You will gain insight into application architecture and influence implementation across marketing technology. Your expertise in software engineering patterns will help build robust, scalable systems, while your problem‑solving skills will assist in triaging operational issues.

• Participate in the design, implementation, and maintenance of Enterprise Audience services and UI components
• Build APIs and user interfaces to support product objectives
• Leverage AI to build agents and workflows
• Develop applications that support event‑based actions for real‑time audience updates
• Collaborate across teams to solve problems, provide support, and triage

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain production applications
• Build and maintain scalable, reliable, and efficient Enterprise Audience capabilities
• Implement monitoring and logging tools to ensure optimal system performance
• Continuously improve platform performance, scalability, and reliability
• Create and maintain technical documentation for users
• Stay updated on the latest patterns in data architecture and cloud compute technology

• 4‑year degree or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of software development experience
• Familiarity with current and emerging technologies in your scope of responsibility, with the ability to apply them
• Understands concepts of package solutions and programming languages relevant to your work
• Demonstrates and continuously builds upon domain‑specific knowledge
• Proficiency in at least one computer language
• Understands concepts of distributed programming and applies them to your domain
• Knowledge of data structures in your chosen programming language and how to apply them
• Maintains technical knowledge within your areas of expertise
• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self‑directed education

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex arrangement based on Target’s needs. Work duties cannot be performed outside the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target.

Benefits eligibility information:

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact candidate.acc Non‑accommodation requests, such as application follow‑ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.

Entry level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

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