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. 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.
Tech Overview:
Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses Target.com, 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.
Join our global in-house technology team of more than 4,000 of engineers, data scientists, architects, coaches and product managers striving 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.
Pyramid Overview:
We create technology solutions for Target at an enterprise scale, unlocking value for our team members, guests, and suppliers.
Team Members rely on us to manage $108B+ in revenue, care for our team of 450k+ (pay and benefits), enable 3M+ candidates applying to Target, access to every Target facility, and resolve challenges through our service centers.
Guests rely on us every day to quickly and efficiently help them with inquiries such as credit card statements, finding a product, price match, returns, and much more. We ensure guests can leverage their Circle Card to get exclusive benefits. Guests and B2B clients also rely on us to buy
gift cards for that special occasion. Suppliers rely on us to assist with financial management, sourcing and procurement processes, compliance and risk assessment processes, coordinating visits for field engineers, providing support for Target+ and Roundel Partners, as well as supporting revenue growth to accelerate vendor acquisition and onboarding for partners.
About You:
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of software development experience, with at least one full-cycle implementation.
- Strong domain-specific knowledge of Target’s technology capabilities, key competitors’ products, and differentiating features.
- Proficiency in Java and Python.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, and object storage platforms such as S3 or similar.
- Hands-on experience with modern LLM ecosystems, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama, Gemini, and similar platforms.
- Experience productionizing Generative AI capabilities.
- Strong knowledge of emerging Generative AI patterns, frameworks, and use cases, including:
- LangGraph, LangChain, Google GenAI, or similar frameworks.
- Context engineering, RAG, and Agentic AI.
- Experience designing scalable and reliable systems with strong awareness of performance, cost, and operational health.
- Strong stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to lead through influence across teams and partners.
- Experience building highly scalable distributed systems.
- Broad and deep expertise in multiple programming languages and frameworks, including open-source technologies.
- Ability to design, develop, and approve end-to-end functionality for a product line, platform, or infrastructure.
- Exposure the UI development using react and distributed event streaming platform like Kafka
Know More About Us Here:
Life at Target- https://india.target.com/
Benefits- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits
Culture- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/belonging
Skills Required
- 4+ years of software development experience
- Experience in building applications using Java or Kotlin
- Experience in building UI using React or Next.js
- Experience in microservices and event-driven architecture
- Experience with NoSQL databases
- Experience building high-performance scalable APIs
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Kafka and Docker
Target Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Target and has not been reviewed or approved by Target.
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Healthcare Strength — Health benefits are accessible to hourly team members at relatively low hour thresholds and include no‑cost, 24/7 virtual medical care and expanded mental‑health support. This breadth is positioned as a relative strength compared to typical retail offerings.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match with immediate vesting and options like Roth 401(k) and stock purchase. These features strengthen long‑term savings for a wide range of roles.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support includes paid family leave, backup care, and reimbursements for adoption and surrogacy. These resources complement paid time off and holidays for eligible team members.
Target Insights
What We Do
Target is an American retailing company providing access to a wide selection of products such as furniture, electronics, toys, and more. 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.
