Lead Engineer - Gen AI

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k)

Employee discount

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Bengaluru seeks a Lead Engineer with over 7 years of experience in software design and development, focusing on building scalable systems. Responsibilities include designing scalable architecture, integrating GenAI features, and promoting a learning culture within the team. Key skills include advanced proficiency in Java and Python, microservices architecture, and experience with CI/CD processes. The position offers a full-time opportunity with a focus on innovation in a diverse environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software design and development, with 5+ years focused on scalable backend applications.
• Proven leader in guiding technical teams and driving products at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable architecture and ensure quality of code.
• Integrate Large Language Models and GenAI-powered features into applications.
• Promote a learning culture through mentoring and coaching.

Skills

Java

Python

Microservices Architecture

Spring Boot or Micronaut

AI / LLM Integration

Kafka

Cassandra

AWS

Docker

Grafana

Tools

Jenkins

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Lead Engineer - Gen AI page is loaded## Lead Engineer - Gen AIlocations: Bangalore,Indiatime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R0000430943**Lead Engineer**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.**Target Tech Overview:** Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses , they experience the impact of Target’s investments in technology and innovation. We’re the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities.Our global in-house technology team of more than 5,000 of engineers, data scientists, architects, coaches and product managers strive to make Target the most convenient, safe and joyful place to shop. We use agile practices and leverage open-source software to adapt and build best-in-class technology for our team members and guests—and we do so with a focus on diversity and inclusion, experimentation and continuous learning.**About Pyramid:** Merchandising is a Portfolio within Target – Product Engineering provide reliable data that is core to our enterprise retail operations, including foundational data and aggregation services at scale for retail and commerce platforms. We deal with data around Pricing, Promotions, Item, Supplier, Owned Brand, Merch Planning, Space Presentation & Transitions(SPT) & Intelligence Automation. As a lead engineer you would be responsible for* Designing **scalable** **architecture** with the best choice of tech, responsible for all the services/functionalities that the team develops while ensuring quality of the team's code and/or infrastructure standards.* Hands-on development, often taking on the more complicated tasks. Ensures solution is production ready, deployable, scalable and resilient.* Planning and delivering of work in the team in addition to their own work. Promotes a learning culture through mentoring and coaching.* Ensures product **observability** is in place for reliability. Fosters a culture of observability across teams and helps use operational data to improve stability and performance of their domains. Drives monitoring work on their team based on the organization's monitoring philosophy. Is aware of the operational data for their team’s domain and uses it as a basis for driving changes to the team's services to achieve stability and performance improvements.* Responsible for ensuring the **security** of the product and fostering a security first mindset across teams. Highly skilled with applying and implementing security concepts such as identifying vulnerabilities in software, creating logic to detect malicious behavior, and analyzing network or host artifacts.* Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) and **GenAI**-powered features into core applications.* Build robust systems that mitigate hallucinations and improve AI reliability.* Experience building agentic frameworks and **AI-driven** automation for process enhancement **Position Overview**: To succeed in this role, you’ll bring over 7+ years of experience in software design and development, with 5+ years focused on building scalable backend applications. You’ll be a proven leader in guiding technical teams and driving products at scale to successful completion. Your expertise will lie in JVM-based technologies, specifically Java and Kotlin, along with a deep understanding of building robust, scalable systems.**Must Have Skills:*** **Java & Python** (Advanced proficiency in backend, AI, and automation workflows using Java and Python)* **Microservices Architecture** (Designing, developing, and managing scalable microservices)* **Spring Boot or Micronaut** (Experience with JVM-based frameworks, including reactive programming)* **AI / LLM Integration** (Integrating Large Language Models and GenAI features into core applications)* **AI Reliability & Automation** (Building agentic frameworks, reducing hallucinations, and improving process automation using OpenAI APIs and SDKs)* **Messaging Systems** (Kafka, RabbitMQ)* **Databases** (Experience with NoSQL databases like Cassandra, MongoDB, and SQL-based databases like PostgreSQL)* **CI/CD** (Building and managing pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab, or similar tools)* **Unit and Integration Testing** (Spock, JUnit, TestContainers for Java; PyTest, Unittest for Python)* **Cloud Services** (AWS, GCP, Azure)* **Containerization and Orchestration** (Docker, Kubernetes)* **Monitoring & Observability** (Grafana, ELK Stack, Prometheus)* **Event-Driven Architecture** (Knowledge of event-driven patterns in distributed systems)**Good to Have Skills:*** Functional Programming (Familiarity with functional programming paradigms in Kotlin)* GraphQL (Experience designing and integrating GraphQL APIs)* Legacy System Modernization (Experience refactoring and modernizing older systems)* Security Best Practices (OWASP, vulnerability scanning, secure coding principles)* Agile Methodologies (Familiar with Scrum, Kanban, or other agile processes)###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 .