Target · 20 hours ago
Lead Engineer - Security Engineering / Secrets Portal
Brooklyn Park, MN
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$132K/yr - $238K/yr
7+ years expTarget is a company focused on helping families discover the joy of everyday life. They are seeking a Lead Engineer in Security Engineering to innovate and enhance their cybersecurity capabilities by developing high-performance detection platforms and secure secrets management workflows.
CommunitiesE-CommerceRetailShopping
Responsibilities
Maintain and extend a high-performance detection platform comprising consumer rule processors (YARA/YARA‑X), event producers, APIs, and asynchronous workflows
Own the design and operation of Vault-backed secrets flows and encryption proxies (KMS); review and harden key usage patterns and remediation lifecycles
Implement and optimize Postgres schema migrations and query performance. Integrate search capabilities (Solr/Lucene) when required
Troubleshoot high-throughput pipelines (Kafka/Benthos), ensuring idempotency, backpressure handling, and effective instrumentation (traces/metrics)
Improve test coverage (unit, integration, golden tests), refine CI/CD pipelines (golangci-lint), and optimize Docker-based developer workflows
Qualification
Required
4 year degree or equivalent experience
7+ years of software development experience in Go services, modules, and tests with deep domain knowledge in package-specific configuration and deployment
Experience in building highly scalable distributed systems
Ability to design new testing methods and resolve complex technical issues with minimal assistance
3+ years of experience designing/operating Vault integrations and KMS-style key handling, including secure key lifecycles
Practical experience with YARA/YARA‑X or similar pattern engines
3+ years Postgres experience (migrations, indexing, tuning)
Experience with Kafka stream-processing patterns; comfort with Benthos or equivalent
Proficiency with Docker/Docker Compose, Dockerfile optimization and Makefile-driven workflows
Working knowledge of OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and metrics instrumentation
Deep knowledge of pattern-matching algorithm performance trade-offs
Understands the downstream impact of work on the team and guests
Stays current with evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education
Preferred
Familiarity with string-search algorithms (e.g., Aho–Corasick) is a plus
Benefits
Comprehensive health benefits and programs
Medical
Vision
Dental
Life insurance
401(k)
Employee discount
Short term disability
Long term disability
Paid sick leave
Paid national holidays
Paid vacation
Company
Target
Target is a retailing company providing access to a wide selection of products such as furniture, electronics, toys, and others.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Jim Lee
EVP and Chief Financial Officer
Michael Fiddelke
EVP and COO
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