Target
Senior Engineer – Apply For CircleCard
$98K–$176K
7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience. Also requires “4 years of degree or equivalent practical experience” (wording as stated in posting).
About the job
Leads engineering for Circle Card application and related services, while designing and deploying AI-powered applications and agentic systems.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems for Circle Card experiences.
- Lead architecture, design and code reviews, testing, operational improvements, and technical mentoring.
- Design, deploy, and optimize AI applications, agents, and workflows, including evaluation, security, and observability practices.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise-scale applications and backend systems.
- Hands-on experience designing and deploying production AI applications, AI-powered tools, or agentic systems using LLMs; experience with autonomous or multi-agent workflows and AI application architecture.
- Proficiency in Python; expert-level proficiency in Kotlin and Java, with Micronaut and/or Spring Boot experience.
- Experience with distributed systems, RESTful APIs, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and production services; strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with workflow orchestration platforms such as Temporal.
- Experience creating reusable AI workflows or skills, or working on Target Register platform.
Pay
$98,000.00 - $176,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
Kotlin, Java, Micronaut, Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenTelemetry, Python, LangGraph
AI focus
Build production AI applications and autonomous or multi-agent systems; develop RAG solutions, agent workflows, and prompt/context engineering; optimize and evaluate AI systems while applying responsible AI, security, governance, and observability practices.
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