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Senior Engineer: Threat Detection Engineering
About Us
As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work. It’s how we care, grow, and win together.
Join our team as a Senior Engineer and help build technology that enables fraud analysts and investigators to detect, investigate, and mitigate fraud and abuse across Target. You will build scalable tools and workflows that make investigations faster and more effective. A key focus will be using AI and automation to reduce repetitive manual work, streamline investigator workflows, connect data and tools, and surface relevant insights more quickly.
You will work closely with engineers, analysts, and investigators to turn these opportunities into reliable, production-ready solutions while keeping investigators at the center of decision-making.
We are looking for full-stack engineers with experience in technologies such as Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL databases, and React, along with an interest in applying AI and automation to real-world operational problems.
Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
About You
- Four-year degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent preferred
- 5+ years of professional experience in this role, or a relevant and similar role.
- Experience working with Kotlin/Java, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL DB
- UI development experience using React
- Familiarity with LLM based coding assistants in everyday work
- Experience with Spring Boot Framework, Gradle, any unit & integration testing framework
- Willing to work in a team-oriented environment
- Interested in cyber threat or fraud detection
- Ability to demonstrate analytical expertise, close attention to detail, excellent critical thinking, and adaptive learning
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.
Benefits Eligibility
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In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [email protected]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.
Skills Required
- Four-year degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
- 5+ years of professional experience in this role or a relevant similar role
- Experience working with Kotlin or Java
- Experience with Kafka
- Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases
- UI development experience using React
- Experience with Spring Boot framework and Gradle
- Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks
- Willingness to work in a team-oriented environment
- Interest in cyber threat or fraud detection
- Analytical expertise, attention to detail, critical thinking, adaptive learning
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Target Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Target and has not been reviewed or approved by Target.
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Healthcare Strength — Health benefits are accessible to hourly team members at relatively low hour thresholds and include no‑cost, 24/7 virtual medical care and expanded mental‑health support. This breadth is positioned as a relative strength compared to typical retail offerings.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match with immediate vesting and options like Roth 401(k) and stock purchase. These features strengthen long‑term savings for a wide range of roles.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support includes paid family leave, backup care, and reimbursements for adoption and surrogacy. These resources complement paid time off and holidays for eligible team members.
Target Insights
What We Do
Target is an American retailing company providing access to a wide selection of products such as furniture, electronics, toys, and more. Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.
