Senior Engineer @ Target

Role Overview

• As a Senior Engineer, you serve as a specialist in the engineering team that supports the product. You help develop and gain insight in the application architecture. You can distill an abstract architecture into concrete design and influence the implementation. You show expertize in applying the appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems. You are an expert in programming and apply your skills in developing the product. You have the skills to design and implement the architecture on your own, but choose to influence your fellow engineers by proposing software designs, providing feedback on software designs and/or implementation. You show good problem solving skills and can help the team in triaging operational issues. You leverage your expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences.
• We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Senior Backend Developer with deep expertise in Java or Kotlin and modern backend technologies. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems that power our platform. If you're passionate about building high-performance APIs, optimizing data flow, and working with large-scale systems, we'd love to meet you.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services using Java or Kotlin and Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Data, etc.).
• Develop RESTful APIs and backend components that are secure, scalable, and performant.
• Work with both SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.
• Work with Kafka and Kafka Streams.
• Integrate and optimize Elasticsearch for advanced search functionality.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code with proper documentation.
• Participate in system design, architecture discussions, and code reviews.
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend developers, and QA engineers to deliver seamless features.
• Ensure system reliability, performance tuning, and monitor services in production. * Follow DevOps and CI/CD best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong programming skills in Java or Kotlin.
• Deep understanding of the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Security, etc.).
• Solid experience in working with both relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience implementing Elasticsearch in production systems.
• Proficiency in designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Familiarity with version control tools like Git and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.).
• Good to Have
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exposure to cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)