Lead Engineer, Email and Data Protection (Cybersecurity)

Target

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Brooklyn Park, MN
Salary
$132,000–$238,000 / yr
Posted
32 days ago
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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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TL;DR · Lead Engineer, Email and Data Protection (Cybersecurity)

Lead Engineer - Email and Data Protection (Cybersecurity) joins the Email and Data Protection team to build and sustain enterprise-scale capabilities protecting systems and data from threats in communication channels. This role involves leading technical design, research, and lifecycle management for services that ingest, process, scan, enrich, and route real-time email data. The engineer will develop scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and other modern languages while managing integrations with the Strelka platform and Google Security Operations. Key responsibilities include establishing engineering patterns for APIs, event streams, and automated testing, alongside overseeing database schema evolution and CI/CD practices. The role addresses the challenge of balancing robust security controls with operational efficiency in a landscape where threat actors use sophisticated automation. Candidates should possess expertise in distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and high-availability production environments.

What you'll do

  • Lead the engineering, operation, and lifecycle management of enterprise email security platforms and backend services.
  • Develop scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and other modern frameworks to process real-time email data.
  • Design and maintain integrations with vended security products and internal security detection platforms.
  • Establish engineering standards for APIs, event streams, data models, automated testing, and system observability.
  • Lead technical design reviews, code reviews, and proof-of-concept efforts for platform architecture decisions.
  • Manage operational practices including incident response, disaster recovery, capacity planning, and production readiness.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to investigate security events and resolve complex data-processing issues.
  • Mentor engineers and coach the team to improve technical capabilities and foster a culture of ownership.

What we're looking for

  • A four-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • 7+ years of software engineering experience including leading the design and delivery of complex platform-oriented solutions.
  • Strong backend engineering experience with Java and Spring Boot plus proficiency in at least one other modern programming language.
  • Experience designing, building, and supporting distributed, event-driven, or data-intensive applications.
  • Experience developing RESTful APIs, backend services, and integrations across enterprise systems.
  • Strong understanding of automated testing strategies including unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end testing.
  • Experience troubleshooting production systems and resolving complex issues involving applications, data pipelines, and system integrations.
  • Experience with relational databases, schema design, data migrations, and data lifecycle considerations.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership through architecture decisions, design reviews, engineering standards, coaching, and mentoring.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to explain technical decisions and risks to various stakeholders.
  • Experience with cloud-native development in GCP, AWS, or Azure (preferred).
  • Experience with messaging and event-streaming technologies like Kafka, Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ, or JMS (preferred).
  • Experience with containers and orchestration platforms including Docker and Kubernetes (preferred).
  • Experience with observability practices for metrics, logging, tracing, alerting, and service-level objectives (preferred).
  • Experience in cybersecurity, email security, or other high-availability risk-sensitive environments (preferred).
  • Familiarity with email processing concepts like SMTP, MIME, and authentication controls (preferred).
  • Experience integrating with security analytics, SIEM, or detection platforms like Google Security Operations (preferred).
  • Experience using AI-assisted or agentic software engineering tools (preferred).

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