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Senior Engineer - Payment Data Services
Target Corporation · 🇺🇸 7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 107 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Target Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles46 certified filings for “Lead Engineer” (Software Developers) in MN: $135k–$145k, median $145k. Most were filed at wage level IV (83%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Target Corporation
The US Department of Labor certified 107 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
The pay range is $98,000.00 - $176,000.00 Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits . About us: Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here . Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here. As a Senior Engineer, you serve as a specialist in the engineering team that supports the product. You help develop and gain insight into the application architecture. You can distill an abstract architecture into concrete designs and influence their implementation. You apply appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems. You can design and implement architecture independently while influencing fellow engineers through design proposals and feedback. You demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, help the team triage operational issues, and use your expertise to prevent repeat occurrences. About this team: Payment Data Services is part of Target’s Payments Platform. We build and maintain the Enterprise Payment Repository, a consolidated data store that makes payment data available across an ecosystem of approximately 10 payment processing systems. We build and support services and data flows that make payment data available for operational, reporting, and analytics needs. We also own the Payment Orchestration Layer, a real-time, data-driven decisioning engine with capabilities to help reduce bot traffic and payment fraud risk and to route payment traffic. Our work requires close collaboration with engineering, product, and business partners across payments. Technologies: • Languages: Kotlin, Java, and other JVM-based languages • Frameworks: Micronaut and related service frameworks • Data and messaging: Relational databases, Kafka, data ETL, and analytics • Engineering practices: API development, data pipeline development, and data analytics • Architecture patterns: Microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven processing Use your skills, experience, and talents to be part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As a Senior Engineer, you’ll take the lead as you: • Apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies within your areas of expertise. Evaluate new technologies based on their viability within Target’s technical environment, maintainability, and cost of ownership. Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities. • Manage total product financials and forecasting. Lead service design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership. • Lead code reviews, design reviews, testing, and debugging at the application level. Lead functional design and architecture discussions using process flows and system diagrams to inform decisions. • Participate in routine and non-routine development, automation, and implementation act