Engineer - Guest Facing Devices
- Pay
- $75,400 – $135,700 per year
- Location
- Brooklyn Park, MN · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Listed
- 14 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Software development
- Code review
- Debugging
- Test automation
- Agile methodologies
Also useful
- Software-defined infrastructure
- Open-source platforms
- Device management
- Disaster recovery planning
- Retail POS systems
About the role
The pay range is $75,400.00 - $135,700.00
Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family.
Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.
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About this opportunity
The Guest Facing Device Engineering team at Target is responsible for managing the ecosystem of 56,000 retail POS endpoints in Target stores. Further, we are rolling out cutting-edge technology with our next generation registers and scales with the architecture to provide a great experience for our guests.
In your role as an Engineer on the Guest Facing Device Engineering team, you will be contributing to state-of-the-art next generation retail devices. You will design, build, deploy, support the next generation open-source platform, and innovative device management. Prospective candidates will have experience in software development with an eagerness to learn while embracing the Growth Mindset. Share experiences in an Agile environment, manage software-defined infrastructure, gather story details, and collaborate with partner teams to develop and implement solutions in an iterative manner.
We urge Target engineers to participate in learning opportunities such as Hack-a-thons, Engineering events, innovation sprints, and quarterly Demo Days. As an engineer on the Guest Facing Device Engineering team, you will contribute and affect change using a diverse cross-section of the following technologies and skillsets:
One or more object-oriented languages such as: Java, Kotlin, Golang, etc.
- Development of scripts with languages such as Python, Bash
- Familiarity and working knowledge of Spring Boot framework
- REST API design
- Working knowledge of Linux
- Familiarity of relational DBs
Use of source control and SDLC best practices using tools such as GitHub etc.
Understanding of CI-CD tools such as Vela, Drone or Jenkins
Familiarity with tools such as Kafka, Telegraf, Kibana, and Grafana
As a member of an Agile team, a successful candidate will possess the following traits:
- A motivated, positive, and driven
- Adaptable to change
- Actively collaborates in an Agile product driven environment
Helping to resolve hardware, operational, infrastructure, and application incidents escalated from support teams during on-call rotations
Drive problem root cause analysis through the operating system and application log investigation
Develop automated preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and quickly resolve problems to ensure infrastructure and application stability
About you
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience
- 1+ years of software development experience
- Demonstrates familiarity with current and emerging technologies in own scope of responsibility, and develops ability to apply these technologies
- Understands concepts of package solutions and package specific programming language with knowledge of development objects
- Demonstrates and continuously builds upon domain-specific knowledge
- Demonstrates proficiency in at least one computer language
- Understands the concepts of distributed programming and applies it to their domain
- Knowledge of the different data structures in your chosen programming language and how to apply them.
- Maintains technical knowledge within areas of expertise
- Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education
This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.
Benefits Eligibility
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.
About us
Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture.
As an Engineer, you serve as a technical specialist delivering the engineering that powers the product. You develop keen insight into the technical architecture and design to deliver robust and scalable software components. You constantly demonstrate the depth of your expertise by solving engineering problems.
You are passionate about the quality of software and balance between speed of delivering new features and robustness of the software components you implement. You can handle operational issues with little or no oversight. You actively review code to ensure the software quality and functional accuracy is maintained across the team.
You are keen to learn the design and architecture of the product and participate in ceremonies that can influence both.
Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As an Engineer, you’ll take the lead as you…
Use your technology acumen to provide input to assist with evaluation of new technologies and contribute to the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services. Contribute to research and proof-of-concept initiatives for new technologies and assist with code review and design review, writes, organizes and maintains code based on designs.
With guidance, delivers high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables. Participate in structured construction, automation, debugging, and implementation activities, ensuring architectural and operational requirements and best practices are met.
Participate in disaster recovery planning and disaster recovery activities and participate in functional integration and regression testing and ability to automate test scripts. Resolve frequently encountered technical issues and monitors systems capacity with minimal assistance. Search and understand metadata about various data sources and metrics. Adhere to change and incident management standards and expectations.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to
From Target's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 27, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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The Engineer - Guest Facing Devices posting at Target states compensation of $75,400 – $135,700 per year. It is listed as a full-time position. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on Target's official career site.
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