Engineer - Target India

Job Description

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. 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.

Tech Overview:

Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses Target.com , they experience the impact of Target’s investments in technology and innovation. We’re the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities.

Join our global in-house technology team of more than 4,000 of engineers, data scientists, architects, coaches and product managers striving to make Target the most convenient, safe and joyful place to shop. We use agile practices and leverage open-source software to adapt and build best-in-class technology for our team members and guests—and we do so with a focus on diversity and inclusion, experimentation and continuous learning.

Pyramid Overview:

We create technology solutions for Target at an enterprise scale, unlocking value for our team members, guests, and suppliers.

Team Members rely on us to manage $108B+ in revenue, care for our team of 450k+ (pay and benefits), enable 3M+ candidates applying to Target, access to every Target facility, and resolve challenges through our service centers.

Guests rely on us every day to quickly and efficiently help them with inquiries such as credit card statements, finding a product, price match, returns, and much more. We ensure guests can leverage their Circle Card to get exclusive benefits. Guests and B2B clients also rely on us to buy gift cards for that special occasion. Suppliers rely on us to assist with financial management, sourcing and procurement processes, compliance and risk assessment processes, coordinating visits for field engineers, providing support for Target+ and Roundel Partners, as well as supporting revenue growth to accelerate vendor acquisition and onboarding for partners.

Team Overview:

The role is for the Enterprise Tech – Finance – Accounts Payables team. AP teams consists of host of applications and integrations mostly on open source technologies – Java, Kotlin, React, Spring boot/Micronaut that are responsible for vendor payments and functions associated around it . As a Engineer, you will be executing the engineering design and development of Open Source applications in Enterprise Tech.

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.

We are looking for a Software Engineer with 2–4 years of experience building and supporting production-grade backend systems. The ideal candidate is hands-on with Java/Kotlin, comfortable working with distributed systems, and capable of debugging issues independently using logs, traces, metrics, and monitoring tools. This role requires strong engineering fundamentals, ownership, and the ability to work in a fast-moving production environment.

Technology Stack

• Java / Kotlin
• Spring Boot
• Kafka / event-driven integrations
• PostgreSQL / MongoDB
• Redis / caching systems
• REST APIs and backend services
• Monitoring, logging
• CI/CD, deployment pipelines, and production support
• Cloud-native and containerized environments

Responsibilities

• Build, enhance, and maintain backend services using Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot.
• Design and implement integrations with live data sources, internal platforms, and event streams.
• Work with Kafka-based messaging and event-driven workflows.
• Manage application and conversation state using PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and other caching solutions.
• Debug production issues by analyzing logs, traces, metrics, and service behavior.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, deployments, and production support.
• Contribute to monitoring, alerting, observability, and reliability improvements.

Required Skills and Experience

• 2–4 years of experience writing production software.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java or Kotlin.
• Experience building backend services using Spring Boot.
• Working knowledge of REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with relational or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL or MongoDB.
• Familiarity with Kafka or other messaging/event-driven platforms.
• Understanding of caching concepts and tools such as Redis.
• Ability to troubleshoot production issues using logs, monitoring dashboards, and traces.
• Good understanding of testing practices, deployment processes, and code quality standards.
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to work independently.

Good to Have

• Experience working with LLMs, AI agents, or AI-enabled platforms.
• Exposure to cloud platforms, containers, Kubernetes, or modern deployment environments.
• Experience with observability tools/libs such as Grafana, OTEL etc
• Curiosity to learn how LLM-based systems can be applied to production engineering and incident investigation.

Role Expectations

• Take ownership of assigned features and services from development through production.
• Be proactive in identifying risks, gaps, and production concerns.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, platform, and operations teams.
• Build reliable systems that are easy to monitor, debug, and operate.

Know More About Us Here:

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/belonging