Senior AI Security Engineer — Hybrid

Target Corp; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Target in Minneapolis is seeking a Lead Engineer on the AI Security team to assess, validate, and improve security of AI systems across hybrid environments. This role combines deep technical work with cross‑functional collaboration.

You will model threats, test defenses, review architectures, and guide secure deployment of AI workloads with cloud providers; strong communication and enterprise security experience required.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on cybersecurity experience in multiple domains.
• Strong knowledge of AI security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with AI platform, product, and engineering teams to evaluate security posture.
• Define and apply security assessment methodologies for AI technologies.
• Conduct threat modeling, attack simulations, and adversarial testing.
• Review AI products, platforms, and architectures for security improvements.

Skills

AI security

Threat modeling

Cloud security

LLM security

Prompt injection defenses

Containerization

Security tools

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

Vertex AI

Job description

Target in Minneapolis is seeking a Lead Engineer on the AI Security team to assess, validate, and improve security of AI systems across hybrid environments. This role combines deep technical work with cross‑functional collaboration.

You will model threats, test defenses, review architectures, and guide secure deployment of AI workloads with cloud providers; strong communication and enterprise security experience required.