Lead Engineer

About Target

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 450,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers.​

Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work. It’s how we care, grow, and win together.  

Target as a tech company? Absolutely. We’re the powerhouse that fuels Target’s passion and commitment to cutting-edge innovation. We anchor every facet of one of the world’s best-loved retailers with a strong technology framework that relies on the latest tools and technologies—and the brightest people—to deliver incredible value to guests online and in stores. Target Tech is on a mission to offer the systems, tools and support that guests and team members need and deserve. Our high-performing teams balance independence with collaboration, and we pride ourselves on being versatile, agile and creative. We drive industry-leading technologies in support of every angle of the business, and help ensure that Target operates smoothly, securely and reliably from the inside out.

About Team

The Observability and Storage team plays a pivotal role in enabling Target's $100B+ retail platform by providing essential cloud platform capabilities. We empower engineering teams across Target to understand and improve the reliability and performance of their products. Additionally, our team delivers object store capabilities critical to our AI, MLOps, and data storage strategies.

Here’s the core of what we value, and the technologies we use: 

• Our culture has three main pillars: care, grow, and win together, supported by our values of inclusivity, connection, and drive.
• Meeting the reliability, performance, and security commitments made to our customers is the most important part of our job. 
• Our engineering teams are empowered to choose the right technology to solve the problem.  Some common technologies currently in use include: Golang, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, Ceph, Kafka, GitHub, Artifactory, the elastic stack, InfluxDB, Grafana, React, the Google Cloud Platform and Azure. 
• All changes go through a pull-request process, so you’ll always have a way to thumbs up or down things you catch. 

Nearly everything should have test cases and go through a continuous integration/continuous deployment process. 

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Lead Engineer to lead a team in the design, development, and delivery of robust, scalable, and high-performance web applications. In this role, you’ll leverage your expertise in backend technologies, front-end technologies, and software architecture to deliver end-to-end solutions. As a lead, you'll mentor junior developers, ensure adherence to best practices, and drive technical innovation within the team.

Key Responsibilities :

• Technical Leadership: Lead the end-to-end design and development of full-stack applications, ensuring high-quality code and adherence to best practices.
• Mentorship & Team Collaboration: Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and technical excellence.
• Full-Stack Development: Develop, test, and maintain both server-side (Java, Spring Boot) and client-side (JavaScript, React/Angular/Vue) codebases.
• Architecture & Design: Contribute to system architecture decisions, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance optimization of applications.
• Code Reviews & Best Practices: Conduct code reviews, identify areas for improvement, and ensure that the team adheres to industry-standard coding practices and methodologies.
• Agile Methodology: Work within an Agile framework, contributing to sprint planning, backlog grooming, and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality features.
• Continuous Improvement: Evaluate and implement new technologies, tools, and frameworks to improve development processes, code quality, and application performance.
• Troubleshooting & Debugging: Resolve complex technical issues and provide solutions in a timely manner, ensuring minimal downtime or disruption to end-users.

Qualifications

Education :

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.

Skills

• Back-End: Strong experience with Java (8+)/Go/Kotlin and RESTful API development.
• Front-End: Proficiency in modern front-end technologies such as JavaScript  /React.
• Microservices : Experience with microservices architecture and associated patterns (e.g., API Gateway, Circuit Breakers).
• Databases: Solid understanding of SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL)/NoSQL (MongoDB, etc.) databases.
• Security : Understanding of security best practices (e.g., OAuth2, JWT, data encryption).
• Version Control: Expertise in using Git, including branching and merging strategies.
• Containerization & DevOps: Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Testing: Familiarity with TDD approach and unit testing frameworks
• Agile Methodology: Comfortable working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills with the ability to solve complex technical problems under tight deadlines.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Ownership: A strong sense of ownership and accountability for the success of your team and projects.

Nice to Have :

• Experience with Amazon S3: Familiarity with using the S3 client in Java or other languages to interact with AWS S3 storage, including uploading, downloading, and managing objects within S3 buckets.
• Experience with Envoy Proxy /HA Proxy for load balancing, API gateway functionality, and handling microservices traffic in distributed systems.
• Cloud: Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP.
• Contributions to open-source projects or participation in tech communities (e.g., GitHub, Stack Overflow, etc.).
• In-depth
• Experience with UI/UX design principles or working with design systems.

Useful Links-

Life at Target- https://india.target.com/

Benefits- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits

Culture- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/diversity-and-inclusion