Lead Engineer – Key Management & HSM

Target

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Brooklyn Park, MN Posted 10 days ago $132,000–$238,000 / year
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TL;DR

As a Lead Engineer at Target, you will join the engineering team responsible for an enterprise key management platform, driving technical strategy and architectural changes to enhance reliability and quality. Your daily responsibilities include leading the architecture and lifecycle management of cryptographic services, integrating HSM-backed systems, defining secure integration patterns, and establishing standards for cryptographic service consumption across teams. You will collaborate with cloud, identity, and application teams to deliver scalable and secure cryptographic capabilities while ensuring adaptability to evolving security requirements. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in enterprise key management, hands-on work with HSMs, and expertise in building reliable distributed systems. Proficiency in Go, Java, or Python is preferred, along with knowledge of cloud-native security architecture and secrets platforms like HashiCorp Vault.

Skills

HSM Thales Go Python Java HashiCorp_Vault Google_Secret_Manager Kubernetes mTLS PKI Keyfactor_EJBCA Windows_ADCS Venafi OCSP CRL CI/CD AWS Azure GCP PostgreSQL Docker

What you'll do

  • Lead the architecture and lifecycle management of enterprise key management platforms.
  • Design and operate HSM-backed cryptographic services for high availability and performance.
  • Define integration patterns to reduce secret sprawl and enhance secure workflows.
  • Establish standards and best practices for cryptographic service consumption across teams.
  • Mentor engineers, conduct architecture reviews, and provide technical guidance.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software development and platform engineering experience in production environments.
  • Expertise in enterprise key management, key lifecycle practices, and HSM-backed systems.
  • Hands-on experience integrating and operating Hardware Security Modules in production.
  • Proven ability to lead technical strategy, influence architecture, and mentor engineers.
  • Experience building scalable, distributed systems with strong reliability practices.

Market check

Salary context

This $132,000–$238,000 range sits above 53% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$148,300–$225,100

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$163,900–$222,387

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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 42 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $98,000–$176,000 across 42 roles with salary data.

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