Senior Software Engineer - Mobile(Job Number: INF0005V0)
JOIN US AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER – MOBILE
Similar Industry Titles and Key Words: Mobile Developer, iOS/Android Developer
About This Opportunity
Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. Our guests love our commitment to continual innovation and right now, we are up to big things. At Target's San Francisco Technology Innovation Center, we research, evaluate and test emerging technologies to accelerate innovation at Target. Our goal is to deliver Target’s unique brand promise to guests wherever and whenever they shop, today and tomorrow: in-store, online, on tablets and mobile phones, and in the retail channels of the future.
The challenges and scale are big. You’ll have the opportunity to design, develop and support innovative solutions across a variety of applications, platforms and environments, building tomorrow’s technologies and capabilities from Social to Search, Promotions to Products and Content to Computer Vision. You’ll put your skills, experience and passion to work in an entrepreneurial environment and you’ll have the stability and the commitment of a Fortune 40 company at your back.
Use your skills, experience and creativity to bring groundbreaking thinking and a visionary approach to our high performance team. As a Senior Software Engineer – Mobile in Target’s San Francisco Technology Innovation Center, you will:
• Keep abreast of technology trends and advances in mobile and wearable technologies
• Research, evaluate and provide objective feedback on technologies
• Inform innovation design with relevant technology insights
• Develop fully functional prototypes to objectively test against hypotheses
• Be able to produce clear and concise technical deliverables for internal and external use
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related field or equivalent military experience
• 4+ years of experience in software design & development
• 3+ years of experience developing apps for iOS and/or Android
• Experience with distributing mobile applications via enterprise channels and/or public app stores
• Excellent knowledge of working with dynamic data using services (e.g., JSON, XML, REST APIs etc)
• Experience performance profiling and tuning consumer facing mobile applications
• Experience with cross platform development for iOS and/or Android applications
• Excellent hands on skills with iOS, Android, Objective-C, SDKs, NDKs and development tools such as Eclipse and emulators
• Heroic get-it-done self-starter attitude
• Good communicator and team player with strong organizational skills
• Proactively helps drive innovation within the company
Desired Requirements:
• Experience developing highly interactive mobile apps with variety of media such as animation, green screen video etc., especially games
• Experience developing highly successful apps that enjoy wide scale distribution
• Experience building native apps and hybrid apps
• Skills and experience with Computer Vision, Unity, Augmented/Virtual reality, OpenGL
• Experience design/development/use of analytics and tracking solutions (e.g., Flurry, Google Analytics)
• Good understanding of timeline animation techniques and code animation techniques
• Experience developing interactive user interfaces utilizing HTML5, JavaScript & CSS
• Experience with agile methodology
Benefits
Eligible team members will receive one of the best earnings packages anywhere, including competitive pay, all-around insurance coverage, 401(k), flexible scheduling, training and development and many other perks and benefits. Target is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is a drug-free workplace.
About Target®
Expect the Best. At Target, we have a vision: to become the best - the best culture and brand, the best place for growth and the company with the best reputation. We offer an inclusive, collaborative and energetic work environment that rewards those who perform. We deliver engaging, innovative and on-trend experiences for our team members and our guests. We invest in our team members' futures by developing leaders and providing a breadth of opportunities for professional development. It takes the best to become the best, and we are committed to building a team that does the right thing for our guests, shareholders, team members and communities.
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation serves guests at stores nationwide and at Target.com. Target is committed to providing a fun and convenient shopping experience with access to unique and highly differentiated products at affordable prices. Since 1946, the corporation has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs like Take Charge of Education®.
Primary Location: United States-California-San Francisco
JOIN US AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER – MOBILE
Similar Industry Titles and Key Words: Mobile Developer, iOS/Android Developer
About This Opportunity
Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. Our guests love our commitment to continual innovation and right now, we are up to big things. At Target's San Francisco Technology Innovation Center, we research, evaluate and test emerging technologies to accelerate innovation at Target. Our goal is to deliver Target’s unique brand promise to guests wherever and whenever they shop, today and tomorrow: in-store, online, on tablets and mobile phones, and in the retail channels of the future.
The challenges and scale are big. You’ll have the opportunity to design, develop and support innovative solutions across a variety of applications, platforms and environments, building tomorrow’s technologies and capabilities from Social to Search, Promotions to Products and Content to Computer Vision. You’ll put your skills, experience and passion to work in an entrepreneurial environment and you’ll have the stability and the commitment of a Fortune 40 company at your back.
Use your skills, experience and creativity to bring groundbreaking thinking and a visionary approach to our high performance team. As a Senior Software Engineer – Mobile in Target’s San Francisco Technology Innovation Center, you will:
• Keep abreast of technology trends and advances in mobile and wearable technologies
• Research, evaluate and provide objective feedback on technologies
• Inform innovation design with relevant technology insights
• Develop fully functional prototypes to objectively test against hypotheses
• Be able to produce clear and concise technical deliverables for internal and external use
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related field or equivalent military experience
• 4+ years of experience in software design & development
• 3+ years of experience developing apps for iOS and/or Android
• Experience with distributing mobile applications via enterprise channels and/or public app stores
• Excellent knowledge of working with dynamic data using services (e.g., JSON, XML, REST APIs etc)
• Experience performance profiling and tuning consumer facing mobile applications
• Experience with cross platform development for iOS and/or Android applications
• Excellent hands on skills with iOS, Android, Objective-C, SDKs, NDKs and development tools such as Eclipse and emulators
• Heroic get-it-done self-starter attitude
• Good communicator and team player with strong organizational skills
• Proactively helps drive innovation within the company
Desired Requirements:
• Experience developing highly interactive mobile apps with variety of media such as animation, green screen video etc., especially games
• Experience developing highly successful apps that enjoy wide scale distribution
• Experience building native apps and hybrid apps
• Skills and experience with Computer Vision, Unity, Augmented/Virtual reality, OpenGL
• Experience design/development/use of analytics and tracking solutions (e.g., Flurry, Google Analytics)
• Good understanding of timeline animation techniques and code animation techniques
• Experience developing interactive user interfaces utilizing HTML5, JavaScript & CSS
• Experience with agile methodology
Benefits
Eligible team members will receive one of the best earnings packages anywhere, including competitive pay, all-around insurance coverage, 401(k), flexible scheduling, training and development and many other perks and benefits. Target is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is a drug-free workplace.
About Target®
Expect the Best. At Target, we have a vision: to become the best - the best culture and brand, the best place for growth and the company with the best reputation. We offer an inclusive, collaborative and energetic work environment that rewards those who perform. We deliver engaging, innovative and on-trend experiences for our team members and our guests. We invest in our team members' futures by developing leaders and providing a breadth of opportunities for professional development. It takes the best to become the best, and we are committed to building a team that does the right thing for our guests, shareholders, team members and communities.
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation serves guests at stores nationwide and at Target.com. Target is committed to providing a fun and convenient shopping experience with access to unique and highly differentiated products at affordable prices. Since 1946, the corporation has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs like Take Charge of Education®.
Primary Location: United States-California-San Francisco