Senior Engineer, Stores & Supply Chain

Target

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Hybrid

Quick summary

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

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $166k
This role $137k
$86k most similar roles pay here $206k

This role pays less than 74% of similar roles. Most pay $137,000–$194,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $137k versus about $166k 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 58 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $98,000–$176,000 across 58 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Engineer, Stores & Supply Chain

The Sr Engineer - Stores & Supply Chain joins the engineering team to build applications and technology powering a massive retail and fulfillment network. This role involves developing scalable, reliable systems for inventory flow, secure checkout, and seamless operations across stores and warehouses. You will translate abstract architecture into concrete designs, influence peer implementations through software patterns, and triage operational issues while eliminating recurring problems. The technical stack includes Java, Kotlin, Groovy, Spring Boot, Micronaut, React, JavaScript, and TypeScript. Testing is performed using JUnit, Spock, and KotlinTest, with Kafka for event streaming and Docker, Drone, and Vela for CI/CD. Monitoring involves InfluxDB and Grafana, while data management utilizes Postgres, Cassandra, MongoDB, RocksDB, and the ELK Stack. The role focuses on solving complex logistics problems like demand forecasting and automated replenishment through advanced data analytics.

What does a Engineer earn?

Median $185000 from 249 postings across 48 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build scalable and reliable systems for retail fulfillment and inventory management.
  • Translate abstract application architectures into concrete designs and implementation plans.
  • Develop end-to-end functionality for product lines, platforms, or infrastructure.
  • Apply software engineering patterns to build robust distributed systems.
  • Influence the team by proposing software designs and providing feedback on implementations.
  • Triage operational issues and implement solutions to eliminate recurring problems.
  • Analyze and optimize system capacity, performance, and overall operational health.
  • Develop solutions for effective data lifecycle management.

What we're looking for

  • A 4-year degree or equivalent experience is required.
  • Candidates must have 5+ years of software development experience with at least one full cycle implementation.
  • Experience in building highly scalable distributed systems is required.
  • Must demonstrate broad and deep expertise in multiple computer languages and frameworks.
  • Ability to design, develop, and approve end-to-end functionality of a product line, platform, or infrastructure.
  • Expertise in analysis and optimization of systems capacity, performance, and operational health.
  • Proficiency in backend technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Groovy, Spring Boot, and Micronaut.
  • Experience with frontend frameworks like React, JavaScript, and TypeScript.

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