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Lead Engineer- Backend
Target · Tower 02, Manyata Embassy Business Park, Racenahali & Nagawara Villages. Outer Ring Rd, Bangalore 540065
experiencedTower 02, Manyata Embassy Business Park, Racenahali & Nagawara Villages. Outer Ring Rd, Bangalore 540065Posted 19 Sept 2026
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Target is hiring a Lead Engineer- Backend in Tower 02.
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 memb
Requirements
- Java / Kotlin (Advanced proficiency in Java/Kotlin development)
- Microservices Architecture (Designing, developing, and managing scalable microservices)
- Spring Boot or Micronaut (Experience with JVM-based frameworks, including reactive programming)
- Messaging Systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Databases (Experience with NoSQL databases like Cassandra, MongoDB, and SQL-based databases like PostgreSQL)
- CI/CD (Building and managing pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab, or similar tools)
- Unit and Integration Testing (Spock, JUnit, TestContainers, Selenium)
- Cloud Services (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Containerization and Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Monitoring & Observability (Grafana, ELK Stack, Prometheus)
- Event-Driven Architecture (Knowledge of event-driven patterns in distributed systems)
Preferred qualifications
- Functional Programming (Familiarity with functional programming paradigms in Kotlin)
- GraphQL (Experience designing and integrating GraphQL APIs)
- Legacy System Modernization (Experience refactoring and modernizing older systems)
- Security Best Practices (OWASP, vulnerability scanning, secure coding principles)
- Agile Methodologies (Familiar with Scrum, Kanban, or other agile processes)
Know More About Us Here:
- Life at Target- https://india.target.com/
- Benefits- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits
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- Target Tech- https://tech.target.com/
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