Lead Engineer Managed Containers Target India

About us:

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400000 team members worldwide Target is an iconic brand and one of Americas leading Target we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy and that hasnt 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 whereTarget in India operates as a fully integrated part of Targets global team and has more than 4000 team members supporting the companys global strategy and 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 youll 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

Pyramid Overview

Managed Containers is part of Targets Cloud Infrastructure Services providing a core platform for building deploying and operating containerized applications at scale across Targets diverse infrastructure footprintincluding Target data centers public cloud Stores and Distribution Centers.
The platform is designed around scalability resiliency security compliance observability and operational excellence enabling teams to consistently run workloads across multiple infrastructure on the Managed Containers team work on large-scale distributed systems Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies with a strong focus on automation-first engineering infrastructure architecture and developer experiencesbuilding foundational capabilities that power applications and services across Target.

Position Overview

We are looking for a Lead Engineer with strong platform engineering experience in designing building and operating cloud-native applications and microservices on Kubernetes-based platforms. The ideal candidate will have expertise in modern application development frameworks cloud-native technologies and automation-first engineering practices.

Required Skills:

Strong software development experience with Java/Kotlin and frameworks such as Micronaut or Spring Boot.
Experience with Go (Golang) and/or Groovy/Ratpack is a plus.
Strong understanding of microservices architecture API design and
distributed systems.
Experience implementing GitOps practices using tools such as Argo CD or
Flux.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and modern software
delivery practices.
Hands-on experience developing deploying and operating applications on
Kubernetes.
Experience with caching technologies and SQL databases.
Experience with public cloud platforms preferably Google Cloud Platform
(GCP); experience with AWS or Azure is also valued.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Kubernetes deployment tools
including Terraform Helm and/or Kustomize.
Experience with observability solutions including metrics logging monitoring
alerting and distributed tracing.
Responsibilities
Design develop and maintain scalable cloud-native platform solutions for
hosting applications and services.
Build deploy and manage containerized workloads on Kubernetes platforms.
Develop APIs and microservices using Java Kotlin and/or Go.
Implement GitOps-based deployment and operational practices.
Troubleshoot and resolve platform and application operational issues.
Improve application observability reliability performance and scalability.
Architect infrastructure solutions that enable automation self-service
provisioning resiliency security compliance and operational excellence while
delivering an exceptional Guest and Team Member experience.
Collaborate with platform infrastructure and product engineering teams to
deliver secure scalable and high-quality cloud-native solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical
experience.
10 years of experience in software engineering cloud engineering platform
engineering or infrastructure engineering.