Sr Engineer - Target India
Target · Posted Nov 6
General merchandise, apparel, grocery, and home goods retail services
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About the role
Target's TES LegalTech – Safe & Secure team manages the IT platforms supporting physical security and safety processes across Target locations, including access management, safety communications, and crisis management. The platform is built on open-source technologies such as Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, and React, with an emphasis on backend services, APIs, event-driven architectures, and emerging GenAI capabilities. This Senior Full Stack Engineer role contributes to business feature delivery, platform enhancements, and architectural evolution across the Safe & Secure ecosystem.
What you will do
- Design, develop, and support scalable full-stack applications and services across the Safe & Secure platform.
- Contribute to system design and architectural discussions, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and secure.
- Build and maintain APIs, integrations, and event-driven services that enable seamless connectivity across enterprise platforms.
- Apply modern engineering practices including API-first design, observability, resiliency, and automated testing.
- Collaborate with product, security, and operations teams to deliver high-quality solutions that meet business needs.
- Support platform modernization efforts by identifying and implementing technical improvements and simplification opportunities.
- Contribute to GenAI-enabled capabilities through integration with data, services, and emerging AI technologies where applicable.
- Ensure systems meet reliability, performance, and security expectations, especially for business-critical workflows.
- Troubleshoot production issues, participate in operational support, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
- Stay current with emerging technologies, engineering practices, and industry trends to bring innovative solutions to the team.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of software development experience with experience delivering enterprise-scale applications.
- Strong experience in Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Golang, Kafka, REST/GraphQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, and modern frontend frameworks (React preferred).
- Experience building scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of integration patterns including APIs, messaging, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience working with cloud-native applications, observability, and operational excellence practices.
- Exposure to GenAI/ML ecosystems, Python, LLM integrations, or data engineering concepts is a plus.
- Demonstrates strong coding, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Experience participating in technical design discussions and delivering solutions from concept through production.
- Proven ability to mentor peers and contribute to a strong engineering culture.
- Passion for learning and applying new technologies to solve business challenges.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Target
Target Corporation operates an extensive chain of general merchandise and discount retail department stores across the United States. The company provides a broad assortment of owned and national brand products, including apparel, electronics, beauty items, groceries, and home goods. Through its physical stores and digital platforms, Target focuses on delivering style, design, and value to help consumers discover the joy of everyday life.
- Industry
- Retail
- Company size
- 415000+ employees
- Founded
- 1902
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Chair of the Board
Jim Lee
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Prat Vemana
Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Product Officer
Mark Weinstein
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Guest Experience Officer
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