Target is hiring a Data Engineer for Finance AI Solutions to design and maintain scalable data pipelines and distributed processing capabilities that support financial systems and enterprise reporting. This role partners with an agile engineering team to deliver reliable data services, models, and frameworks for near real-time insights.
Position Overview
As a Data Engineer, you will develop and maintain data solutions that support Target’s financial systems and reporting needs. The work focuses on building dependable data pipelines, creating data services, and delivering high-quality data that supports business insights and operational outcomes. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, data scientists, and business partners to implement efficient, scalable, and maintainable solutions while expanding expertise in cloud technologies and distributed data processing.
Team Overview
Finance Technology within Core Retail Services supports the financial backbone of Target’s enterprise operations. The team builds and maintains platforms supporting capabilities across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Vendor Income, Treasury, Financial Planning, Core Accounting, Revenue & Receivables, and Enterprise Financial Controls. The financial reporting platform connects these data domains to provide near real-time insights for accurate reporting and faster, data-driven decisions. The team operates as a global, in-house technology group of more than 5,000 engineers, data scientists, architects, and product managers, using agile practices and open-source technologies.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and distributed data processing solutions using Spark, Scala/Java, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Build and improve batch and real-time processing solutions for analytical and operational workloads
- Create APIs and data services to provide secure and efficient access to enterprise data
- Design and maintain data models, ETL workflows, and processing frameworks aligned to business requirements
- Apply established data governance, security, and quality standards across the development lifecycle
- Partner with engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver dependable data solutions
- Troubleshoot production issues, optimize data processing performance, and strengthen system reliability
- Participate in code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement activities to maintain engineering quality
- Continuously learn and adopt new technologies, tools, and engineering best practices
Required Qualifications
- 4 year degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent industry experience
- 1+ year of software development experience with Big Data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop, or distributed data processing frameworks
- Programming experience with PySpark, Scala, Java, or Python
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and cloud-based data services
- Familiarity with data modeling, ETL development, and data pipeline design
- Exposure to API development using REST or similar technologies
- Experience with SQL and relational or distributed databases
- Understanding of data governance, security, and software development best practices
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including effective work with cross-functional teams
Technologies
- Spark
- Scala
- Java
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- PySpark
- Python
- Hadoop
- REST
- SQL
Work Location and Schedule
This position is hybrid/flex for day-to-day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. The core role requires working both onsite at Target HQ in MN (Brooklyn Park, MN) and virtually, depending on the day’s role, team, and tasks.
Work duties cannot be performed outside the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target.
Compensation
USD 75,400 - 135,700 per year.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more)
- 401(k)
- Employee discount
- Short term disability
- Long term disability
- Paid sick leave
- Paid national holidays
- Paid vacation
For additional benefit details and eligibility, refer to: https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits and https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_D
ADA Accommodations
Target will provide reasonable accommodations in compliance with state and federal laws for applicants with disabilities. For accommodation requests related to participating in the application or interview process, contact candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests (such as application follow-ups or technical issues) are not handled through this channel.
