Lead Engineer - Target India

Develop plans and schedules, estimate resource requirements, and define milestones and deliverables.

Monitor workflow and risks; play a leadership role in mitigating risks and removing obstacles.

Lead and participate in complex construction, automation, and implementation activities, ensuring successful implementation with architectural and operational requirements met. Establish new standards and best practices to monitor, test, automate, and maintain IT components or systems.

Serve as an expert resource in disaster recovery and disaster recovery planning. Stay current with Target’s technical capabilities, infrastructure, and technical environment. Develop fully attributed data models, including logical, physical, and canonical.

Influence data standards, policies, and procedures. Install, configure, and/or tune data management solutions with minimal guidance. Monitor data management solution(s) and identify optimization opportunities.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs. About you:

4 year degree or equivalent experience

7+ years of software development experience, including at least one full end-to-end lifecycle delivery

Proven experience building and scaling highly distributed, high-availability systems

Strong proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin with hands-on experience in Spring Boot

Deep expertise in System Design , with a focus on scalability, resilience, and fault tolerance

Experience designing and implementing Microservices architectures and event-driven systems using Kafka

Strong knowledge of RDBMS (MySQL/PostgreSQL) with familiarity in NoSQL technologies (Cassandra is a plus)

Solid foundation in Data Structures & Algorithms with exceptional problem-solving capability

Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) , code quality standards, and modern engineering best practices

Hands-on experience with Docker , containerized environments, and CI/CD pipelines

Demonstrated expertise in performance optimization, capacity planning, observability, and operational excellence

Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to design, review, and drive end-to-end technical solutions across teams

Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education

Maintains deep technical knowledge within areas of expertise

Communicates and coordinates with project team, partners, and stakeholders

Demonstrates broad and deep expertise in multiple computer languages and frameworks (e.g., open source). Designs, develops, and approves end-to-end functionality of a product line, platform, or infrastructure.