Target

Great opportunity to learn how a large retail company operates at scale. Lots of interesting technologies to learn in a supportive environment. Great company culture that respects employees, although it can be a bit too woke at times!

Target has a fairly flat engineering structure. It is composed of many small groups working in silos, with an overall lack of engineering leadership. Many individual groups are reinventing the wheel. There is limited career growth once you get to lead level, and I have seen many leads leave the company. The software you write is also the software you support, so I am on call outside of normal business hours sometimes.

Re-org the engineering teams to be less flat.

Create more senior engineering roles for career growth.