The pay range is $85,500.00 - $153,900.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests 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.

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.

Join our team as a Senior Engineer and take a lead in building an omnichannel enterprise platform to help mitigate fraud & abuse seen in both Target stores and online. 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. 

In Cybersecurity Threat Detection Engineering, we spend our time understanding how enterprise systems are bypassed to commit fraud, writing applications to mitigate threats and partnering with enterprise teams to bring the omni-channel controls to life. Our work directly protects Target, and our guests from anything that negatively impacts their experience because of frauds like Gift card scams, returns/refunds abuse, account takeovers to name a few. 

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
• Experience with Spring Boot Framework, Gradle, Kotest or other unit & integration testing framework
• Willing to work in a team-oriented environment
• Experience in cyber threat or fraud detection 
• Ability to demonstrate analytical expertise, close attention to detail, excellent critical thinking, logic, and adaptive learning
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Good to have UI development experience using React
• Good to have near real time systems experience

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [email protected].