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Senior Engineering Manager - Kafka Platform, Data Contract

at Target

📍 7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445 Hybrid 💰 $132K – $238K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $132K – $238K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Data & Analytics

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.

  • 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

The position focuses on schema management, data governance, Kafka-based ingestion pipelines, and enterprise data standards to support analytics and AI.

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.

Data ContractsSchema StandardsKafkaData GovernanceData Quality
Schema Management PlatformData TrustEnterprise Data StandardsAI & Machine Learning
KafkaSchema Management PlatformsData Platforms
Data ContractsSchema StandardsKafkaSchema GovernanceData QualityData IngestionDistributed SystemsPlatform StrategyAutomationReliability
Data ContractsSchema StandardsAvroJSONProtobufSchema GovernanceData QualityData IngestionKafkaDistributed SystemsPlatform StrategyAutomationReliabilityObservabilitySLA Management
LeadershipTechnical StrategyCommunicationProblem SolvingCollaborationInnovationDecision Making
Industry Retail/Technology
Job Function Data platform strategy and schema governance
Data ContractsSchema StandardsAvroJSONProtobufSchema GovernanceData QualityData IngestionKafkaDistributed SystemsPlatform StrategyAutomationReliabilityObservabilitySLA ManagementData TrustEnterprise Data StandardsAI & Machine Learning

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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