Senior Engineer – SPIFFE/SPIRE Identity Platform

Target; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k)

Employee discount

Paid sick leave

Vacation time

Job summary

Target is looking for a Senior Engineer for the Workload Identity Platform to design, build, and operate identity solutions in cloud-native environments. This role involves working with various teams to implement and scale SPIFFE/SPIRE-based identity services, manage identity lifecycle, and mentor other engineers.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years in software engineering, strong Go skills, and experience with Kubernetes. Target offers a competitive pay range between $98,000 and $176,000 annually.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience designing and supporting production systems.
• 2+ years hands-on experience with SPIFFE/SPIRE.
• Experience troubleshooting distributed systems and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design and support workload identity solutions using SPIFFE/SPIRE.
• Implement and manage identity lifecycle.
• Mentor engineers and establish best practices.

Skills

Software development in Go

Cloud-native applications

Kubernetes operations

Workload identity technologies

Distributed systems design

Education

Four-year degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

SPIRE

Kubernetes

Linux

Job description

Target is looking for a Senior Engineer for the Workload Identity Platform to design, build, and operate identity solutions in cloud-native environments. This role involves working with various teams to implement and scale SPIFFE/SPIRE-based identity services, manage identity lifecycle, and mentor other engineers.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years in software engineering, strong Go skills, and experience with Kubernetes. Target offers a competitive pay range between $98,000 and $176,000 annually.