Senior Engineer, Cybersecurity & Incident Response

Target; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 27,552 - 41,328; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Target in New York City, USA, seeks a Lead Engineer to drive software development, incident response tooling, and security-focused improvements. You will lead complex projects, work with security engineers to protect the network, and ensure reliable, scalable systems across environments.

The role requires 7+ years in software development, fluency in Python, Golang or TypeScript, and strong collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience.
• Experience in writing production code in Python, Golang, or Typescript.
• Cybersecurity experience or strong interest and/or training.
• Communicates and coordinates with team members and stakeholders.
• Understands analysis and optimization of system capacity, performance, and health.
• Familiarity with information lifecycle management.
• Maintains deep technical expertise in relevant areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead software engineering efforts and incident response tooling improvements.
• Collaborate with security engineers to protect Target's network.
• Develop and optimize monitoring, detection, and mitigation capabilities.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and engineering teams to deliver solutions.

Skills

Software development

Python

Golang

Typescript

Cybersecurity

Communication

System optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

Docker

Box orchestration

Job description

Target in New York City, USA, seeks a Lead Engineer to drive software development, incident response tooling, and security-focused improvements. You will lead complex projects, work with security engineers to protect the network, and ensure reliable, scalable systems across environments.

The role requires 7+ years in software development, fluency in Python, Golang or TypeScript, and strong collaboration with cross-functional teams.