Senior Engineering Manager - Observability

Target

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Brooklyn Park, MN
Salary
$132,000–$238,000 / yr
Posted
68 days ago

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Target Corporation is a large-format general merchandise and grocery retailer offering a wide assortment of everyday essentials, apparel, home goods, and electronics through stores and online. Industry: General Merchandise Retail

Target currently has 56 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Manager - Observability

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As a Senior Engineering Manager on Target’s Observability Team, you will lead one of three engineering teams responsible for building and operating an enterprise observability platform that enables thousands of engineers to understand and improve the reliability and performance of their products. Your day-to-day responsibilities include managing a high-performing team of platform and full-stack engineers, delivering mission-critical systems, scaling telemetry pipelines, embedding operational excellence into developer workflows, and participating in cross-domain architecture forums. The role requires expertise with technologies such as Golang, Kubernetes, Kafka, ClickHouse, InfluxDB, Grafana, and React to support high-volume telemetry pipelines at massive scale. You will influence the evolution from traditional monitoring to AI-assisted reliability solutions, ensuring resilient platform design that protects revenue and guest experience.

Skills

Kubernetes Golang OpenTelemetry ClickHouse InfluxDB Grafana React CI/CD Agile Git Linux Docker AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Kafka Prometheus Terraform

What you'll do

  • Lead the development of mission-critical, highly available observability systems.
  • Scale telemetry pipelines and analytics for thousands of applications at enterprise scale.
  • Embed reliability practices directly into developer workflows to ensure operational excellence.
  • Represent team in architecture and planning forums to shape technical roadmaps.
  • Increase SLO coverage and improve reliability visibility across production applications.
  • Reduce mean time to detect and engage during critical incidents through proactive measures.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience with 1–3 years of people leadership
  • Proven experience building and operating cloud-native, distributed systems at scale
  • Strong background in resilient production architecture and reliability engineering
  • Demonstrated ability to lead product roadmaps and OKRs in large enterprises
  • Track record of developing high-performing teams within complex ecosystems
  • Ability to influence cross-domain stakeholders and drive alignment across teams
  • Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, CI/CD, and incremental value delivery

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