Senior Engineer

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 members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.

Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values diverse backgrounds. We believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful. At Target, inclusion is part of the core value. We aim to create equitable experiences for all, regardless of their dimensions of difference. As an equal opportunity employer, Target provides diverse opportunities for everyone to grow and win

Short Summary:

We are building Generative AI Platform to enable ML and AI OPs capabilities to help Data scientists and ML engineers at Target to implement Generative AI solutions at scale. It encompasses building the RAG, model garden, experimentation, iteration, monitoring, explainability, and continuous improvement of the machine learning lifecycle. You will be part of a team building scalable applications by leverage latest technologies. Connect with us if you want to join us in this exiting journey.

As a Senior Engineer you will build applications for Target’s Generative AI Platform to enable capabilities to help data scientists, ML engineers and Data engineers at Target . You will be part of a team building highly scalable, event driven applications and leverage technologies. You have to understand Target's business and technical environments, resolve complex business challenges via technical solutions as well as be a significant code contributor, manage overall software development cycle, drive best practices and ensure development of high-quality code. You will drive resolution of technology roadblocks including code, infrastructure, build and deployment with a strong sense of ownership and advocate for technologies, frameworks, design patterns, and development best practices while ensuring all code adheres to platform, development, compliance & security standards. The Sr Engineer is a practitioner of rapid prototyping and Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development and stays current with new technology to be able to assess viability and applicability to Target's business and technical environments.

Technical skills:  Python, Java or Kotlin, SpringBoot, API development, Micro services, React.JS, Postgres, NoSQL, Kafka, Docker, CICD or similar tech stack to build the platform

  Requirements:

          • 4 year degree or equivalent experience

          • 5+ years of software development experience

          • Excellent communication skills with both business partners and other engineering teams

          • Familiar with Agile principles and possess a team attitude

          • Strong problem solving and debugging skills

          • Strong sense of ownership and the ability to work with a limited set of requirements

          • Experience in building Frontend applications using React JS

          • Experience engineering applications for the JVM. Java or Kotlin experience is definitely needed.

          • Experience in microservices, Spring Boot, cloud development, NoSQL databases, and event driven architecture

          • Experience in building high-performance scalable APIs.

          • Experience with NoSQL technologies Cassandra, Elastic search, MongoDB is a plus

          • Deep experience writing unit and functional tests and test-driven development

          • Experience building CI/CD pipelines

          • Kafka and Docker experience

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Culture- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/diversity-and-inclusion