Lead Engineer - Cryptography & Secrets

The pay range is $128,000.00 - $231,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at ;br>
About us:

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As a Lead Engineer, you serve as the technical anchor for the engineering team that supports a product. You create, own and are responsible for the application architecture that best serves the product in its functional and non-functional needs. You identify and drive architectural changes to accelerate feature development or improve the quality of service (or both). You have deep and broad engineering skills and can stand up an architecture in its whole on your own, but you choose to influence a wider team by acting as a "force multiplier". Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

We are seeking a Lead Engineer to design, build, and evolve our enterprise cryptography, PKI, and secrets management platforms. This role is ideal for someone who deeply understands cryptographic systems and enjoys building reliable, scalable services in a modern engineering environment.

You will lead technical strategy, mentor engineers, architect core security services, and partner with platform, cloud, identity, and application teams to ensure secure and seamless cryptographic capabilities across the enterprise.

What you'll do:

- Lead architecture and lifecycle management of cryptography, PKI, and secrets platforms

- Build and modernize services using Go or Java (proficiency in one required; both preferred)

- Integrate and operate PKI platforms (Keyfactor and/or Windows ADCS)

- Work with HSMs (Thales preferred)

- Establish standards, automation, and best practices

- Partner across cloud, platform, identity, and application teams

- Lead complex implementations and mentor engineers

About you:

- 4 year degree or equivalent experience

- 7+ years of software development experience

- Strong knowledge of cryptography, PKI, and secrets management

- Proficiency in Go or Java

- Experience with Keyfactor and/or Windows ADCS

- Experience with HSMs, Thales preferred

- Experience building scalable distributed systems

Work Arrangement:

This position follows Target's Hybrid/Flex for Your Day model, requiring a minimum of two days onsite per week at the designated Target headquarters location in Minnesota. Depending on role needs, work may be performed onsite or remotely within the United States. Work duties cannot be performed outside the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target.

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