About the Role

At Target Tech, engineering is central to everything we do: bringing our ideas to life and into the lives of our users. As Lead Engineer iOS, you will be an integral player in the Target’s Flagship app team based in Bangalore, India. With knowledge of the general mobile landscape, current user trends and preferences, and emerging technologies within the mobile engineering space, you will work alongside the product management team and cross-functional teams (Product Engineer, DevOps, Data, UX, Business, etc.) to develop robust, well-designed mobile apps. What you do every day will have an impact on millions on users using Target’s mobile apps.

As part of this team, you will be building mobile solutions for Target’s Loyalty program (Circles & RedCard), Deals and Discovery, Gift Registry, Order history and tracking, and many more spaces on Target’s Flagship App. As part of this team, you will be always on latest tech stack. Our teams are already on SwiftUI and Combine with a great architecture fueling the growth and stability of our apps.

Target’s Flagship App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/target/id297430070

What You Will Do

• Develop clean, well-tested native iOS code to deliver functionality that meets business objectives. 

• Coach and mentor engineers on coding and best engineering practices.

• Improve code structure and architecture in service of testability, observability and maintainability

• Work closely with partner teams – Business, UX, Product - as needed

• Perform complex engineering tasks independently and collaboratively

• Manage complex cross-team coordination and dependencies

• Evaluate and communicate different engineering solutions and trade-offs

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

• 8+ years of experience in software design & development with 4+ years of experience in developing apps for iOS.

• 3+ years of experience mentoring and giving work direction to Developers

• Experience developing in Swift and ability to write efficient, reusable, and maintainable code.

• In-depth knowledge of native tools and frameworks (e.g., Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Xcode, Instruments, etc.)

• Experience with Common iOS architectures (VIPER, MVVM, The Composable Architecture)

• Excellent debugging, performance, and optimization skills

• Experience with test-driven development and software test automation

• Experience distributing mobile applications via public app stores and/or enterprise channels

• Experience in building and managing CI/CD pipelines for development and delivery

• Good communicator and team player with strong organizational skills

• Proactively helps drive innovation within the company

• Strong sense of software architecture and ability to thrive large codebases on large teams

• Communicates and coordinates with project team, partners, and stakeholders

• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education

About Target

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 350,000 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.  

Target as a tech company? Absolutely. We’re the behind-the-scenes powerhouse that fuels Target’s passion and commitment to cutting-edge innovation. We anchor every facet of one of the world’s best-loved retailers with a strong technology framework that relies on the latest tools and technologies—and the brightest people—to deliver incredible value to guests online and in stores. Target Tech is on a mission to offer the systems, tools and support that guests and team members need and deserve. Our high-performing teams balance independence with collaboration, and we pride ourselves on being versatile, agile and creative. We drive industry-leading technologies in support of every angle of the business, and help ensure that Target operates smoothly, securely and reliably from the inside out.

Join the team that brings Target guests their “shopping and saving sidekick” – the guest facing Target Android and iOS shopping App (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/target/id297430070) .