Sr Engineer - Reliability Engineering & Enablement

Target

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Brooklyn Park, MN
Salary
$98,000–$176,000 / yr
Posted
47 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $166k
This role $137k
$86k most similar roles pay here $212k

This role pays less than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $138,191–$193,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $137k versus about $166k for comparable roles.

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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 50 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $106,500–$208,500 across 50 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Sr Engineer - Reliability Engineering & Enablement

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As a Senior Engineer on the Reliability Engineering & Enablement (REE) team at Target, you will serve as a technical expert responsible for designing and building scalable backend services, APIs, and integrations that power the company’s ServiceNow platform. Your day-to-day involves translating complex requirements into reliable solutions, improving system observability and reliability through proactive measures, and contributing to modernization efforts by decoupling and extracting services. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to align technical designs with broader enterprise goals and leverage modern tools like automation and AI-assisted development. The role requires strong proficiency in backend technologies such as Golang or JavaScript, experience with cloud platforms and data systems, and a deep understanding of system design tradeoffs for performance, scalability, and maintainability.

Skills

Golang JavaScript API design Distributed systems Cloud platforms Observability practices SLOs Metrics Logging Tracing MCP Agentic systems ServiceNow Enterprise platform integrations Event-driven architectures Automation AI workflows Code reviews Design reviews CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Design and build scalable backend services and APIs for the ServiceNow platform.
  • Own system lifecycle from design through production support, ensuring reliability.
  • Translate complex requirements into technical solutions that enhance system scalability.
  • Improve system observability and incident response to boost overall reliability.
  • Implement integration patterns like event-driven systems and data workflows.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of software development experience in backend technologies like Golang or JavaScript.
  • Proven ability to design and build APIs and distributed systems independently.
  • Strong ownership of production systems, including troubleshooting and reliability enhancements.
  • Expertise in translating ambiguous requirements into clear technical solutions and designs.
  • Deep understanding of system design tradeoffs for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures or modernizing legacy integration-heavy platforms.

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