About Us:

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 4000,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers.

Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work. It’s how we care, grow, and win together.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in distributed systems and extensive knowledge of Spring Boot to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, scalable distributed systems using Java and related technologies. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a crucial role in architecting and implementing solutions that meet the demands of our rapidly growing platform.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Responsibilities:

· Design & build high-quality, scalable, and resilient distributed systems with Java and Spring Boot.

· Collaborate with product, architecture, and UX partners to gather requirements, define architecture, and translate them into working software.

· Apply best practices for distributed systems—fault tolerance, horizontal scalability, performance tuning, and observability.

· Write clean, maintainable code and comprehensive tests that follow established standards.

· Review code & mentor junior engineers, offering constructive feedback and coaching.

· Troubleshoot production issues, isolate root causes, and deliver timely fixes with minimal user impact.

· Stay current on emerging tech, industry trends, and Java/Spring ecosystem updates, sharing insights with the team.

· Participate fully in Agile rituals (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retros) and deliver work within committed time frames.

· Partner with DevOps to automate CI/CD pipelines and optimise runtime performance in Kubernetes.

· Contribute to architecture reviews, documenting designs, decisions, and runbooks.

About You:

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent practical experience).

· 3+ years of professional software development.

· Deep proficiency with Spring Boot (Core, MVC/WebFlux, Data/JPA, Security).

· Hands-on experience with microservices, REST APIs, and messaging (Kafka or RabbitMQ).

· Solid grasp of distributed-systems principles (CAP theorem, consensus, data consistency).

· Familiar with cloud-native deployment on Kubernetes/Docker;

· Skilled in both relational (MySQL/Postgres) and NoSQL (MongoDB/Redis) data stores, including schema design and tuning.

· Working knowledge of modern engineering workflows: Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and observability.

· Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

· Proven track record of shipping high-quality software in fast-moving environments.

· Nice to have: Apache Spark, Hadoop, or other big-data platforms