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.​ Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work. It’s how we care, grow, and win together.

Pyramid 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 2000 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.

Team Overview:

Join our team as a Senior Threat Detection Engineer and take the lead as you develop custom detection and automate investigation tasks for fraud and abuse across the Target Guest experience. In this role, you will work with a team of skilled engineers and analysts to reliably solve complex problems, while getting hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies. We are looking for skilled developers with experience in one or more of the following areas: Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot framework, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL DB and Application development. We spend our time analyzing data, writing applications to detect fraud and abuse, automate prevention & fraud mitigation controls. Our work directly protects Target and our Guests. 

Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About You:

• Four-year degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent preferred
• 3+ years' of professional experience in this role, or a relevant and similar role.
• Experience working with Kotlin/Java, Kafka, sql/nosql DB
• Experience working with Postgres/Redis/Mongo or other database technologies
• Experience working with Business Rules Engine Management system like Drools rules engine
• Experience with Spring Boot Framework, Gradle, Kotest or other unit & integration testing framework
• Experience in cyber threat or fraud detection 
• Demonstrated understanding of common web application technologies and basic networking knowledge 
• Ability to demonstrate analytical expertise, close attention to detail, excellent critical thinking, logic, and adaptive learning
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Willing to work in a team-oriented environment
• Good to have UI development experience using React

Useful Links-

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/diversity-and-inclusion