Sr Engineer- Search
Core
Build low-latency search services, ranking pipelines, and analytics to help millions of guests find products in real-time.
Role type
Senior Software Engineer (Search Infrastructure)
Builds
Real-time search experiences, ranking pipelines, and analytics for Target's retail platform.
Domain
Retail / Search Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Kotlin, Micronaut, Elasticsearch, Solr, Kafka, Kafka Streams, root-cause analysis, system improvements, observability, fault-tolerant design, defensive engineering, search engine concepts, query understanding, ranking, typeahead
Preferred skills
AI integration within engineering workflows, automation judgment
Technologies
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kafka Streams
Responsibilities
Solve complex technical problems independently, deliver production-quality and maintainable solutions, take end-to-end ownership of features and system reliability, identify and apply AI opportunities, act as a subject matter expert in Search domain, mentor team members in engineering best practices and domain knowledge
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
