Lead Engineer - Gen AI

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 Gen AI-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 Gen AI features into core applications) AI Reliability & Automation (Building agentic frameworks, reducing hallucinations, and improving process automation using Open AI APIs and SDKs) Messaging Systems (Kafka, Rabbit MQ) Databases (Experience with No SQL databases like Cassandra, Mongo DB, and SQL-based databases like Postgre SQL) CI/CD (Building and managing pipelines with Jenkins, Git Lab, or similar tools) Unit and Integration Testing (Spock, JUnit, Test Containers for Java; Py Test, 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) Graph QL (Experience designing and integrating Graph QL 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 A Bullseye View 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 https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.