Lead Engineer, AI Security
Target
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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
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As a Lead Engineer on the AI Security team, you will collaborate with technical and leadership teams to assess, validate, and improve the security of AI systems and platforms. You will identify security risks, perform architectural reviews, and develop testing frameworks, including threat modeling and attack simulations. Your daily work involves evaluating security controls for AI workloads across cloud and hybrid environments, specifically addressing prompt injection, RAG poisoning, and agent security. You must possess deep expertise in LLM security, containerization, and cybersecurity domains like Cloud Security, IAM, and SIEM. Required skills include proficiency in multiple programming languages, knowledge of OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, and experience with security frameworks like NIST or ISO/IEC 27001 to protect enterprise AI infrastructure.
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