Engineer - Target India

Target is hiring an Engineer - Target India in Tower 02.

Job Description

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Preferred qualifications

• 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 & perks

Culture- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/belonging

About Target

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 on