Sr Engineer - Agentic Commerce

Target

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Brooklyn Park, MN
Salary
$98,000–$176,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $187k
This role $137k
$83k most similar roles pay here $236k

This role pays less than 86% of similar roles. Most pay $152,025–$221,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $137k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Target

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.

Listed pay typically runs $98,000–$198,000 across 56 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Sr Engineer - Agentic Commerce

As a Senior Engineer on the Agentic Commerce Initiative team at Target, you will lead the design and development of next-generation commerce systems that integrate seamlessly with platforms like Google and Microsoft. Your day-to-day responsibilities include crafting scalable and resilient agentic commerce capabilities, such as intelligent shopping assistants for web and mobile apps, while also driving technical strategy and collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders to expand Target’s digital ecosystem. You will work with a tech stack including Kotlin, Micronaut, Python, and lang graph, alongside testing frameworks like Kotest and observability tools such as Grafana and Kibana. The role demands expertise in building high-performance services, designing event-driven architectures, and implementing APIs that support thousands of transactions per second with minimal latency, all while fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration within the team.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement high-throughput APIs supporting over 10K TPS with p99 latencies under 100 ms.
  • Lead the development of scalable and resilient agentic commerce systems across multiple platforms.
  • Propose and review software designs, providing technical feedback to enhance system architecture.
  • Build custom solutions for package-specific configurations and deployments within the Agentic Commerce initiative.
  • Develop event-driven architectures that dynamically scale based on load using modern frameworks like Kotlin and Micronaut.
  • Influence data standards and policies while maintaining expertise in agentic commerce concepts such as MCP and ACP.

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrated proficiency in Kotlin and Micronaut for high-performance service development.
  • Experience designing and implementing scalable, event-driven architectures with dynamic scaling capabilities.
  • Proven ability to create APIs supporting 10K+ transactions per second with p99 latencies under 100 ms.
  • Strong understanding of Agentic Commerce concepts including MCP, ACP, and agent-driven application design.
  • Familiarity with observability tools like Grafana and Kibana for monitoring complex systems.
  • Ability to work across functions and collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders on complex initiatives.

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