Senior Engineer, Incident Response Engineering

Target

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Brooklyn Park, MN
Salary: $98,000–$176,000 / yr
Posted: 137 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $175k

This role $137k

$85k most similar roles pay here $223k

This role pays less than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $140,639–$209,439 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $137k versus about $175k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 58 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $98,000–$176,000 across 58 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineer, Incident Response Engineering

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Sr Engineer - Incident Response Engineering joins the Incident Response Engineering team as a specialist focused on SOAR engineering, automation, integrations, workflows, and data pipeline capabilities. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining automations and internal tools to improve the speed and scale of incident response operations while translating operational needs into scalable technical solutions. The candidate will work with frontend and backend technologies, specifically utilizing JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Python to develop robust systems. Key responsibilities include integrating REST APIs, managing web-based services, and troubleshooting operational issues to eliminate repeat occurrences. The role addresses the challenge of bridging security operations needs with practical engineering outcomes by creating tools that allow teams to investigate and respond to incidents more effectively within a complex technical environment involving specialized security automation platforms and data processing workflows.

What does a Engineer earn?

Median $185000 from 249 postings across 48 companies.

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Skills

SOAR Python JavaScript TypeScript React REST APIs Data Pipelines Software Engineering Automation Workflows Backend Development Incident Response Security Automation

What you'll do

Design, build, and maintain SOAR automations, integrations, and workflows to improve incident response speed and scale.
Develop internal engineering tools and applications to support security operations and data pipeline capabilities.
Translate operational needs from end users into scalable technical solutions and software designs.
Participate in the full software development lifecycle including design, code review, testing, and debugging.
Evaluate new technologies for viability, maintainability, and cost of ownership within the corporate environment.
Troubleshoot and resolve operational issues while implementing engineering improvements to reduce repeat occurrences.
Build and integrate REST APIs and web-based services using JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python.

What we're looking for

A 4-year degree or equivalent experience is required.
Candidates must have 5+ years of software development experience including at least one full cycle implementation from requirement to production.
Expertise in both frontend and backend development is required.
Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Python is required.
Experience designing and integrating REST APIs and web-based services is required.
Experience building automations, workflows, or internal applications is required.
Experience with SOAR platforms or security automation tools is preferred.
Familiarity with data pipelines or data-processing workflows is a strong plus.

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