Target
Lead Engineer - Cloud Security (Software Developer)
$132K–$238K
7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445 · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- 4-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, OR equivalent work experience
About the job
Leads the design, development, and operation of backend services that process cloud security findings and route actionable signals into Target’s remediation and governance workflows.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction and lead the software portfolio, including the findings pipeline and its integrations with enterprise systems.
- Build and operate reliable backend services, APIs, data contracts, and production workflows; own service objectives and operational improvement.
- Lead roadmap delivery, partner across security and engineering teams, and mentor software engineers.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, including leading complex backend systems.
- Hands-on experience with Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot, plus fluency in at least one additional modern language.
- Experience leading an enterprise-scale software capability and designing, building, and operating distributed, event-driven backend services in production.
- Experience with production service operations, APIs and integrations, findings or telemetry pipelines, and relational databases or cloud data warehouses.
Nice to have
- Experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, or another highly available, risk-sensitive production environment.
- Familiarity with CSPM, CNAPP, IaC scanning, admission control, SSPM, security analytics, SIEM, SOAR, or policy-as-code.
Pay
$132,000.00 - $238,000.00 (base salary)
Tools
Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, GCP, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes
AI focus
Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-assisted and agentic engineering tools, and use them responsibly to improve engineering quality and delivery; solid understanding of AI/ML is required.
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