Sr Engineer - US

Target

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type: Hybrid
Location: Brooklyn Park, MN
Salary: $98,000–$176,000 / yr
Posted: 6 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $164k

This role $137k

$86k most similar roles pay here $210k

This role pays less than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $135,327–$193,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $137k versus about $164k for comparable roles.

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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 49 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $115,000–$211,000 across 49 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Sr Engineer - US

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As a Senior Software Engineer on Target’s Identity and Access Management Engineering team, you will design and build secure, scalable IAM services using modern engineering practices within an enterprise-grade Java-based technology stack. Your responsibilities include end-to-end ownership of solutions from requirements analysis to long-term reliability, ensuring high throughput, low latency, resiliency, and security for mission-critical identity operations. You will contribute to architectural decisions, integrate AI-driven capabilities like risk-aware access identification, and mentor peers while fostering a culture grounded in SecDevOps practices. The role requires strong proficiency in Java or a comparable language, experience with RESTful APIs, distributed systems, and the ability to independently troubleshoot complex systems. Preferred skills include test automation, CI/CD pipelines, observability frameworks, database management, event streaming technologies, identity-centric security concepts, Unix-based OS knowledge, JavaScript UI development, and AI frameworks.

Skills

Java RESTful APIs Docker CI/CD OpenTelemetry Postgres Oracle MongoDB Elasticsearch Kafka React JUnit JaCoCo SecDevOps SRE Unix Linux Ubuntu RAG Autonomous Agents MCP

What you'll do

Design and build secure, scalable IAM services using enterprise-grade Java-based technology.
Take full ownership of solutions from requirements analysis to long-term reliability.
Engineer systems balancing high throughput, low latency, resiliency, and security for critical identity operations.
Contribute to architectural decisions, design reviews, and technical roadmaps for IAM services.
Integrate AI-driven capabilities to enhance automation and decision-making in IAM.

What we're looking for

5+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong proficiency in Java or a comparable object-oriented language
Experience designing, developing, and consuming RESTful APIs
Expertise in distributed systems concepts and modern software design patterns
Capability to deliver scalable, secure, high-performance software solutions
Ability to independently troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance complex systems
Strong communication skills and collaboration with engineering and product partners

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