Lead Engineer

Roundel; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, dental insurance

401(k)

Employee discount

Paid vacation

Job summary

A leading retail corporation in Bengaluru is seeking a Lead Engineer to enhance their Kafka/Streaming platform. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in JVM-based languages and strong problem-solving skills. You'll be responsible for building capabilities, writing deployable code, and troubleshooting platform issues. This role offers a full-time position with comprehensive health benefits and a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience developing in JVM-based languages.
• Ability to apply skills to solve problems and learn technologies.
• Experience with modern CI/CD stacks.

Responsibilities

• Help build out the Kafka/Streaming capability in India.
• Write and deploy code that enhances the Kafka platform.
• Troubleshoot and resolve platform operational issues.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

ReactJS/Angular

PostgreSQL

Kafka

CI/CD stacks

Docker

Problem-solving

Communication

Tools

Apache Kafka

GCP

Ansible

Terraform

Grafana

Kibana

Job description

Lead Engineer page is loaded## Lead Engineerlocations: Bangalore,Indiatime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R0000434696Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. .**Here’s a smattering of approaches important to us and the technologies we use:*** Everything we do is “as-code” in version control. We don’t like clicking buttons or doing things manually.* All development or infra config changes go through a pull-request process, so you’ll always have a say to thumbs up or down things you catch.* Everything should have test cases and they go through a continuous integration process.* We understand the importance of logs and metrics, so having visibility to things you need to see to do your job isn’t an issue. And if you need to add more metrics or see more logs, it’s within our control to improve that.* We try to own as much of the platform as we reasonably can. You don’t need to rely on other teams outside our own to improve the stack or change the way we do things.* Kafka/Streaming Stack: + Code: Spring Boot (Java/Kotlin), Restful API, Golang + Platform: Apache Kafka 2.x, TAP, GCP, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Vela + Alerting/Monitoring: Grafana, Kibana, ELK stack**As a Lead Engineer on Target’s Streaming Platform Team, you'll ...*** Help build out the Kafka/Streaming capability in India* Write and deploy code that enhances the Kafka platform* Designs infrastructure solutions that support automation, self- provisioning, product health, security/compliance, resiliency, zero- call aspiration, and are Guest/Team Member experience focused* Troubleshoot and resolve platform operational issues**Requirements:*** 10+ years of experience developing in JVM-based languages (e.g. Java/Kotlin)* Ability to apply skills to solve problems, aptitude to learn additional technologies or go deeper in an area.* Has good basic programming/infrastructure skills and is able to quickly gather the skills necessary to accomplish the task at hand.* Intermediate knowledge and skills associated with infrastructure- based technologies* Works across the team to recommend solutions that are in accordance with accepted testing frameworks.* Experience with modern platforms and CI/CD stacks (e.g. GitHub, Vela, Docker)* Highly productive, self-starter and self-motivated* Passionate about staying current with new and evolving technologies**Desired:*** 10+ years of experience developing high quality applications and/or supporting critical enterprise platforms* Experience with Kafka, Containers(k8s), Zookeeper, worked with any one of the major public cloud providers ( GCP/AWS/AZURE)* Familiarity with Golang and microservices architecture is a big plus* Participate in day-to-day support requests by performing the admin tasks.* Install and maintain standard Kafka components: Control Center, ZooKeeper, and Brokers* Strong understanding of infrastructure/software and how these systems are secured, analyzed, and investigated.* Partner with teams to prioritize and improve services throughout the software development lifecycle* Personal or professional experience contributing to open-source projects* Innovative mindset – willingness to push new ideas into the company* **Skills**: + Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. + Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to principal engineers, product manager, management stakeholders. + Leadership experience, with a track record of mentoring and developing engineering talent.* **Must Have Skills**: Java/Kotlin, ReactJS/Angular and Postgre###Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.We'll contact you if you're selected for next steps. In the meantime, follow us at for the latest news.**Our Benefits**We care about and invest in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at .