Sr Engineer - Cybersecurity AI Activation and Engineering

Target•Brooklyn Park, MN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Sr Engineer on the Cybersecurity AI Activation and Engineering team, you work closely with cybersecurity teams to understand their existing operational processes, applications and systems, and contributing to new AI-powered capabilities consistent with Target standards. An understanding of cybersecurity challenges is important as you work with teams. You will need to use your technology acumen to apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging AI technologies within the specialized cybersecurity domain. Evaluate new AI technologies and capabilities to participate in decision-making and provide technical guidance to include viability within Target’s environment, maintainability, and cost of ownership. Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for new technologies. In this role, you will serve as a key technical resource for engineering initiatives. You develop and contribute to application designs that best serves the product in its functional and non-functional needs. You are an expert in programming and apply your skills in developing the product. You show good problem solving skills and can help the team in triaging operational issues. You leverage your expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences. You will work cross functionally across teams to provide thought leadership to promote re-use and develop consistent, scalable patterns. Participate in planning services and applications that have broad impact. Contribute to foundational capabilities to enable AI or machine learning activities. You will be looked upon to provide suggestions for handling routine and moderately complex technical problems, escalating issues when appropriate. Gather information, data, and input from a wide variety of sources; identify additional resources when appropriate, engage with stakeholders, and conduct in-depth analysis of information. Establish new standards and best practices for AI systems to monitor, test, automate, and maintain with special considerations for LLMOps, solution reliability, and sustainability. The AI space is evolving rapidly and we need strong technologists with a passion to stay current with industry and Target’s growing technical capabilities, infrastructure, frameworks, and environment. This role will also provide working patterns, templates, guidance, and influence data standards, policies, and procedures.

Requirements

Demonstrated history of rapid prototyping, development and iterative delivery with tight coordination with internal customers
Experience integrating AI and ML capabilities into production solutions
Experience with AI-driven CLI coding assistants
Experience working with LangChain, LangGraph, Google ADK, and Huggingface models
4 year degree or equivalent experience
5+ years of software development experience
Demonstrates strong domain-specific knowledge regarding Target’s technology capabilities, and key competitors’ products and differentiating features
Working knowledge on package-specific configuration and deployment along with ability to build custom solutions
Designs new testing methods and resolves routine and non-routine technical issues with minimal assistance
Demonstrates strong proficiency in core development platforms within own domain
Builds strong commitment within the team to support the appropriate team priorities
Clearly communicates Agile concepts to partners within product team
Demonstrates a solid understanding of the impact of own work on the team and/or guests
Writes and organizes code using multiple computer languages, including distributed programming and understand different frameworks and paradigm
Delivers high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables with broad impact (high throughput and low latency)
Influences and applies data standards, policies, and procedures
Maintains technical knowledge within areas of expertise
Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education

Nice To Haves

Prefer a full stack engineer who can prototype end to end solutions to include UI and backend components
Knowledge of cybersecurity teams, processes, and controls preferred

Responsibilities

Work closely with cybersecurity teams to understand their existing operational processes, applications and systems.
Contribute to new AI-powered capabilities consistent with Target standards.
Apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging AI technologies within the specialized cybersecurity domain.
Evaluate new AI technologies and capabilities to participate in decision-making and provide technical guidance.
Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for new technologies.
Serve as a key technical resource for engineering initiatives.
Develop and contribute to application designs that best serve the product in its functional and non-functional needs.
Apply programming skills in developing the product.
Show good problem-solving skills and help the team in triaging operational issues.
Leverage expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences.
Work cross-functionally across teams to provide thought leadership to promote re-use and develop consistent, scalable patterns.
Participate in planning services and applications that have broad impact.
Contribute to foundational capabilities to enable AI or machine learning activities.
Provide suggestions for handling routine and moderately complex technical problems, escalating issues when appropriate.
Gather information, data, and input from a wide variety of sources; identify additional resources when appropriate, engage with stakeholders, and conduct in-depth analysis of information.
Establish new standards and best practices for AI systems to monitor, test, automate, and maintain with special considerations for LLMOps, solution reliability, and sustainability.
Provide working patterns, templates, guidance, and influence data standards, policies, and procedures.