Lead Engineer - Target India
Target
Tower 02, Manyata Embassy Business Park, Racenahali & Nagawara Villages. Outer Ring Rd, Bangalore 540065Posted Discovered via the company's careers siteMatch locked
Full time
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. At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy and that hasn't happened by accident. Some of the best minds from diverse backgrounds come together at Target to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. That winning formula is especially apparent in Bengaluru, where 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.Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values diverse backgrounds. We believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful. At Target, inclusion is part of the core value. We aim to create equitable experiences for all, regardless of their dimensions of difference. As an equal opportunity employer, Target provides diverse opportunities for everyone to grow and win
Role & Responsibilities
As a Lead Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and architectural direction while remaining hands-on in building scalable, resilient, and production-grade systems. You will play a critical role in shaping engineering standards, driving modernization, and enabling intelligent, AI-powered capabilities across the platform.
Key Responsibilities
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Technology Evaluation & Innovation
- Evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to architectural decision-making, considering alignment with Target's technical ecosystem, long-term maintainability, scalability, and total cost of ownership.
- Lead research initiatives and proof-of-concept efforts to validate new tools, frameworks, and platforms before adoption.
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Architecture & Engineering Excellence
- Design and own scalable, secure, high-performance architectures.
- Establish and evolve engineering standards and best practices in complex or ambiguous environments.
- Lead service design, lifecycle management, and overall technical governance of team-owned platforms.
- Ensure code quality, infrastructure standards, and long-term sustainability of services.
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Hands-On Development & Delivery
- Contribute directly to development efforts, particularly on complex and high-impact components.
- Ensure solutions are production-ready, deployable, resilient, and scalable.
- Drive implementation quality through strong testing, automation, and CI/CD practices.
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Enterprise Impact & Thought Leadership
- Provide technical thought leadership to promote reusable components and consistent architectural patterns.
- Participate in planning and designing services with enterprise-wide impact.
- Guide the team in resolving routine and moderately complex technical challenges, escalating risks when necessary.
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Observability & Reliability Engineering
- Champion a culture of observability and operational excellence.
- Ensure monitoring, logging, and metrics are embedded into services.
- Leverage operational data to continuously improve system stability, performance, and reliability.
- Align monitoring strategies with organizational observability principles.
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Data Governance & Platform Optimization
- Influence and evolve data standards, policies, and governance practices.
- Configure, optimize, and monitor data management platforms with minimal oversight.
- Identify performance and efficiency improvements across data systems.
Required Skills & Expertise
- Advanced proficiency in
Java
, including backend systems and automation workflows
- Strong experience in
Microservices Architecture
and distributed systems
- Expertise with
Spring Boot or Micronaut
, including reactive programming models
- Experience with
Messaging Systems
such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Proficiency with
Databases
, including NoSQL (Cassandra, MongoDB) and SQL (PostgreSQL)
- Experience building and managing
CI/CD pipelines
(Jenkins, GitLab, or similar)
- Strong background in
Unit & Integration Testing
(JUnit, Spock, TestContainers)
- Experience with
Cloud Platforms
(AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Expertise in
Containerization & Orchestration
(Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong understanding of
Monitoring & Observability
tools (Grafana, ELK, Prometheus)
- Solid grasp of
Event-Driven Architecture
patterns in distributed environments
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency in
Python or Kotlin
- Experience with
Legacy System Modernization
and refactoring initiatives
- Knowledge of
Security Best Practices
, including OWASP standards and secure coding principles
- Familiarity with
Agile methodologies
such as Scrum or Kanban
Not included in the source posting: qualifications, benefits.
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