We are looking for highly motivated engineering professionals who can empathize with individuals and teams and raise their development, operationsandproblem-solving skills. Individuals in this role will have opportunities to gain a large breadth of knowledge by working witha variety of teams acrossthe entire IT organization.As anEngineering Technical Coach, youare a software developer with a passion for teaching. You willcontribute togreat productsand team learning- ready to do whatever it takes tohelp teamssucceed.You have good problem-solving skills. You love keeping abreast of the latest industry trends and use them to help youand those around youinnovate. You have leadership qualities, good judgment,andclear communication skills.

As Lead EngineeringTechnical Coach on the Ryse coaching team, you will:

Utilize yourdeep understanding in multiple engineering skills relevant to Targetin order to elevate the teams andindividualsyou coach

Promote a learning culture anddevelop communities around given technologies that enable the community to help each other

Help engineers identify gaps intheirproduct's observability and advise on ways to fill them.

Advocate for Targets preferreddevelopment processes and best practices;coach teams toidentify deficiencies and improve upon them

Coach, guide, or even drive teamstotechnicalsolutionsthatare in line the Target Platform guidance, arescalable and resilient

Recognize when a team is applying the preferred architectural strategy for their application and when not; guiding, or even driving,the team to build in support of the preferred architectural strategy

Assist teams with the decision-making process of applying an approved technology or choose to explore a technology new to Target

Build relationships thatconnect the coaching team to other teams across the enterprise to build a network of partners and resources

Create new training material, coaching techniques and patterns as well as facilitate sessions for advancing technical learning in the organization

About you:
5+ years of software development experience

Demonstrate strong knowledge ofone or more of Targets preferred programming languages(Java/Kotlin/Groovy, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Golang or Scala)
Experience utilizing CI/CD technologies (Git, Chef, Ansible, Jenkins/Drone/Vela)

Understandingof data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems

Resolves routine and non-routine technical issues with minimal assistance
Builds strong commitment within the team to support the appropriate priorities
Clearly communicatesProduct,Agileand Engineeringconcepts topeers,partners, and clients
Influences and applies data standards, policies, and procedures
Maintains technical knowledge within areas of expertise
Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education

Passion for teaching and mentoring teams and individuals

Able to articulate and support your opinions/stance, but also able to listen and be flexible

Desired Qualifications:

BS degree inComputerScience or equivalent

Extensive experience working in anAgile environment (i.e.user stories, iterative development, etc.)

Working with test-driven development and software test automation

Working experience with building and consuming RESTfulmicro-services and/orReactJS user interfaces

Working experience withoperatingapplications in support of adistributedmicroservicesarchitecture

Familiarity with definition and adoption of SLIs/SLOs/SLAs

Experience with tools and techniques for monitoring and creating smart alerts that help discover issues/failures in a timely manner

Experience with analyzing metrics and preventing outages/incidents

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