Sr Engineer- Search

Roundel; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Target in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Software Engineer with 5–7 years of hands-on development. You will own end-to-end search features, improve ranking and query understanding, and work across data science and engineering teams to deliver production-grade solutions.

The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of search engines, scalable infra, and a track record of delivering reliable systems in a large-scale environment.

Qualifications

• 4 year degree or equivalent experience.
• 5–7 years of software development experience.
• Proficiency in Kotlin and Micronaut; experience with SOLR/Elasticsearch and Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end feature development for search capabilities.
• Design and deploy scalable search infrastructure across clusters.
• Mentor teammates and document key technical decisions.

Skills

Software development

Search domain

Education

4 year degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kotlin

Micronaut

SOLR

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Kafka Streams

Job description

## Sr Engineer- SearchApply: Bangalore,India: Full time: Posted Today: R0000453583**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.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 different voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful.**Overview about TII**At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy. And that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from different 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 5,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.**Team Overview**Our Search Team powers the real-time experience that helps millions of guests find what they need whether they type one word or ask a complex question. We build low-latency services, ranking pipelines and analytics that run both in our on-prem data centers and on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Your work will let data scientists ship models to production quickly and reliably, so guests always get the right answer.**Position Overview**We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer who can independently solve complex technical problems, deliver production-quality and maintainable solutions, and take end-to-end ownership of features and system reliability.The role requires strong problem-solving and technical expertise, including root-cause analysis, system improvements, observability, fault-tolerant design, and defensive engineering practices. The engineer will also identify and apply appropriate AI opportunities within products and engineering workflows while exercising sound judgment on automation and human oversight.The ideal candidate will act as a subject matter expert in Search domain, understand concepts like search engines, query understanding, ranking, typeahead.They will collaborate closely with engineers and stakeholders, clearly communicate and document technical decisions, lead solution-design discussions, provide high-quality technical feedback, and mentor team members in engineering best practices and domain knowledge.**About You**• 4 year degree or equivalent experience• 5-7 years of software development experience• Code using primarily **Kotlin, Micronaut.**• Experience with **Search Engines** like SOLR and Elasticsearch• Experience in evaluating **search infrastructure** requirements and design/deploy solutions for problems such as **high availability, search clusters, elastic load** distribution.• Experience on **streaming systems** like **Kafka.** Experience on Kafka Streams is added advantage.