Backend Security Engineer, Email & Data Protection

Relha LLC; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Job summary

Target in Minnesota is seeking an Engineer for Email and Data Protection within Cybersecurity. You will design, build, and secure backend services with Java, Spring Boot, and related technologies to protect enterprise email data in real time.

The role focuses on RESTful APIs, data pipelines, and integrations with security products, while contributing to code reviews, testing, and reliability. Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of software development are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 1+ years of software development experience.
• Proficiency in Java with Spring Boot.
• Familiarity with distributed programming concepts.
• Experience writing automated tests and debugging software.
• Familiarity with relational databases and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and other modern languages and frameworks.
• Contribute to distributed and event-driven services that ingest, process, scan, enrich, and route enterprise email data in real time.
• Build and enhance integrations with vended email security products, Target's Strelka platform, Google Security Operations, and related detection and alerting capabilities.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs, event-streaming components, data models, and service integrations using established engineering patterns.
• Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews, design discussions, sprint ceremonies, and technical documentation.
• Create and maintain automated unit, integration, contract, and regression tests to improve software quality and delivery confidence.
• Investigate and resolve production issues involving application behavior, data processing, and system integrations.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Unit testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Target in Minnesota is seeking an Engineer for Email and Data Protection within Cybersecurity. You will design, build, and secure backend services with Java, Spring Boot, and related technologies to protect enterprise email data in real time.

The role focuses on RESTful APIs, data pipelines, and integrations with security products, while contributing to code reviews, testing, and reliability. Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of software development are preferred.