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Sr Engineer - Target India
Job Id: R0000453851
About us:
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Pyramid Overview:
Managed Containers is part of Target’s Cloud Infrastructure Services, providing a core platform for building, deploying, and operating containerized applications at scale across Target’s diverse infrastructure footprint—including 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 environments.Engineers 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 experiences—building foundational capabilities that power applications and services across Target.
Position Overview:
We are looking for a Senior Engineer – Managed Containers with strong platform
engineering experience in designing, developing, and operating cloud-native applications and microservices on Kubernetes-based platforms. The ideal candidate is passionate about building scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-native solutions and has hands-on experience with modern application frameworks, Kubernetes, automation, and DevOps 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.
• Strong problem-solving skills with experience troubleshooting production
applications and distributed systems.
Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud-native applications and platform
services.
• Build, deploy, and operate containerized workloads on Kubernetes platforms.
• Develop APIs and microservices using Java, Kotlin, and/or Go.
• Implement and support GitOps-based deployment workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application and platform issues in production
environments.
• Improve application reliability, observability, performance, and scalability.
• Contribute to infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code and cloud-
native tooling.
• Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, and product engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality solutions.
• Follow engineering best practices for security, resiliency, automation, and
operational excellence.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical
experience.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, platform
engineering, or infrastructure engineering.
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Health and well-being
Target in India (TII) prioritizes our people by offering healthcare support, fitness programs, teleheath benefits (i.e., screenings and consultations) and 24/7 confidential mental well-being telecounseling support.
Financial well-being
Your financial well-being is bright with TII's comprehensive flexible insurance program, National Pension System, learning assistance program, day care support and much more.
Paid time off
TII encourages work-life balance with paid time off like privilege, casual, bereavement and parental leaves that offer support in all stages of life.
Competitive pay
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