below marketmost similar roles pay hereabove market
This listing doesn't post a salary. Most similar roles pay
$142,450–$213,250.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Target
Target Corporation is a large-format general merchandise and grocery retailer offering a wide assortment of everyday essentials, apparel, home goods, and electronics through stores and online. Industry: General Merchandise Retail
Target currently has
92 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$98,000–$176,000
across 67 roles with salary data.
Engineer - Email and Data Protection (Cybersecurity) serves as a technical specialist within the Email and Data Protection team, developing robust, scalable, and secure software components. You will build and maintain backend services, data pipelines, and RESTful APIs that ingest, process, scan, enrich, and route enterprise email telemetry in real time. This role involves integrating with vended security products, the Strelka platform, and Google Security Operations to provide detections and investigative context. You will utilize Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and distributed programming concepts to solve engineering problems while participating in code reviews and incident response. The work focuses on protecting the enterprise from malicious email content and data-related threats by building adaptable systems that improve detection speed against advanced AI techniques and automated threats.
What does a Engineer earn in Minnesota?
Median $137000 from 37 postings across 5 companies.
Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and other modern frameworks.
Contribute to distributed and event-driven services that process and route enterprise email data in real time.
Build and enhance integrations with vended security products, the Strelka platform, and Google Security Operations.
Develop and maintain RESTful APIs, data models, and service integrations using established engineering patterns.
Write clean code and participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical documentation.
Create and maintain automated unit, integration, contract, and regression tests to ensure software quality.
Investigate and resolve production issues involving application behavior, data processing, and system integrations.
Monitor service health, logs, metrics, and alerts to improve reliability and operational efficiency.
What we're looking for
A four-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
1+ years of software development experience through professional work, internships, co-ops, substantial academic projects, or equivalent hands-on experience.
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, with experience or interest in developing Java applications.
Familiarity with object-oriented programming, common data structures, algorithms, APIs, and software design fundamentals.
Understanding of distributed programming concepts and the ability to apply them with guidance.
Experience writing automated tests and debugging software using logs, development tools, and structured problem-solving techniques.
Familiarity with relational databases, SQL, and basic data modeling concepts.
Experience with Java and Spring Boot through professional work, internships, coursework, or personal projects (preferred).