Position Details
About this role
This role involves leading the development of data contracts and schema standards to ensure reliable, scalable data ingestion and governance across Target's data platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead evolution of data contracts and schema standards
- Drive reliability and observability of ingestion services
- Partner across teams to modernize ingestion patterns
- Guide schema governance and data quality initiatives
- Influence Target's enterprise data posture
Technical Overview
The position focuses on schema management, data governance, Kafka-based ingestion pipelines, and enterprise data standards to support analytics and AI.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a senior data engineer or architect with expertise in data contracts, schema management, and Kafka-based data pipelines. They possess strong leadership skills and experience in establishing enterprise data standards and governance.
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Deal Breakers
Lack of experience with Kafka or data governance, No background in schema standards, Inability to lead data platform initiatives, No experience with distributed systems
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