Lead Engineer -Workday -HCM

About Us:

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.

Tech Overview:

Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses Target.com, they experience the impact of Target’s investments in technology and innovation. We’re the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities.
Join our global in-house technology team of more than 4,000 of engineers, data scientists, architects, coaches and product managers striving to make Target the most convenient, safe and joyful place to shop. We use agile practices and leverage open-source software to adapt and build best-in-class technology for our team members and guests—and we do so with a focus on diversity and inclusion, experimentation and continuous learning.

 

Pyramid Overview:
 

We create technology solutions for Target at an enterprise scale, unlocking value for our team members, guests, and suppliers.
 

Team Members rely on us to manage $108B+ in revenue, care for our team of 450k+ (pay and benefits), enable 3M+ candidates applying to Target, access to every Target facility, and resolve challenges through our service centers.

Guests rely on us every day to quickly and efficiently help them with inquiries such as credit card statements, finding a product, price match, returns, and much more. We ensure guests can leverage their Circle Card to get exclusive benefits. Guests and B2B clients also rely on us to buy

gift cards for that special occasion. Suppliers rely on us to assist with financial management, sourcing and procurement processes, compliance and risk assessment processes, coordinating visits for field engineers, providing support for Target+ and Roundel Partners, as well as supporting revenue growth to accelerate vendor acquisition and onboarding for partners.


Role Overview:

As a lead engineer, you serve as the technical anchor for the engineering team that supports a product. You create, own and are responsible for the application architecture that best serves the product in its functional and non-functional needs. You identify and drive architectural changes to accelerate feature development or improve the quality of service (or both). You have deep and broad engineering skills and are capable of standing up an architecture in its whole on your own, but you choose to influence a wider team by acting as a “force multiplier”. Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As a Lead Engineer, you’ll take the lead as you…
Use your technology acumen to apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies within specialized area(s) of the technology domain. Evaluate new technologies and participates in decision-making, accounting for several factors such as viability within Target’s technical environment, maintainability, and cost of ownership. Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for new technologies. Lead or set strategy for testing and debugging at the platform or enterprise level. In complex and unstructured situations, serve as an expert resource to create and improve standards and best practices to ensure high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables. Lead the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services. Provide the team with thought leadership to promote re-use and develop consistent, scalable patterns. Participate in planning services that have enterprise impact. Provide suggestions for handling routine and moderately complex technical problems, escalating issues when appropriate. Gather information, data, and input from a wide variety of sources; identify additional resources when appropriate, engage with appropriate stakeholders, and conduct in-depth analysis of information. Provide suggestions for handling routine and moderately complex technical problems, escalating issues when appropriate. Develop plans and schedules, estimate resource requirements, and define milestones and deliverables. Monitor workflow and risks; play a leadership role in mitigating risks and removing obstacles. Lead and participate in complex construction, automation, and implementation activities, ensuring successful implementation with architectural and operational requirements met. Establish new standards and best practices to monitor, test, automate, and maintain IT components or systems. Serve as an expert resource in disaster recovery and disaster recovery planning. Stay current with Target’s technical capabilities, infrastructure, and technical environment. Develop fully attributed data models, including logical, physical, and canonical. Influence data standards, policies, and procedures. Install, configure, and/or tune data management solutions with minimal guidance. Monitor data management solution(s) and identify optimization opportunities.
 

About you:

• 4 year degree or equivalent experience

• 7+ years of software development experience with at least one full cycle implementation

• Demonstrates strong domain-specific knowledge regarding Target’s technology capabilities, and key competitors’ products and differentiating features

• Strong hands-on experience with Workday Core HCM (must-have)

• In-depth knowledge of Workday modules such as On-boarding/off-boarding, Core HR, VNDLY, and Transfers is a plus

• Proficiency in Workday Studio, EIBs, Core Connectors, Orchestration, Prism, Extend, and Workday Reports (Advanced/Matrix/Composite Reports)

• Expertise in Workday Security Model (Roles, Domains, Business Process Security Policies)

• Strong understanding of Workday Integrations (REST, SOAP APIs, Workday Web Services)

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining custom-developed applications integrated with Workday or HR ecosystems

• Demonstrates broad and deep expertise in multiple computer languages and frameworks (e.g., open source). Designs, develops, and approves end-to-end functionality of a product line, platform, or infrastructure

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

• Demonstrates expertise in analysis and optimization of systems capacity, performance, and operational health

• Understands and develops solutions to foster data lifecycle management

• Maintains deep technical knowledge within areas of expertise

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

• Experience in building highly scalable distributed systems
   

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical lead for Core HR and Workday engineering efforts

• Design, build, and maintain scalable Workday solutions (reports, integrations, configurations)

• Support the design, development, and deployment of custom HR applications using open-source technologies alongside Workday solutions

• Act as a liaison between the HR Product team and Engineering, translating business requirements into technical solutions

• Drive innovation by leveraging open-source frameworks and tools for building scalable HR technology solutions

• Conduct technical impact analysis for Workday releases and integrate necessary updates/enhancements

• Provide technical mentorship to engineers supporting both Workday and custom-developed HR applications

• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, and HR business teams to ensure data integrity, security, and compliance

• Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation of configurations, integrations, and custom app components

• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and drive continuous improvements

• Support Workday security audits, compliance initiatives, and integration governance

Know More About Us Here:

Life at Target- https://india.target.com/
Benefits- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits
Culture- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/belonging