Sr Reliability Engineer Jobs in Cedar, MN (NOW HIRING)

JobTitle:SrEngineer- US

About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that purpose to life through our values, our inclusive culture, and our commitment to innovation.Learn more about Target here.

As part of Target Cybersecurity, the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Engineering team builds the platforms and capabilities that protect the entire organization and empower teams tooperatesecurely at scale. Identity is the foundation of every modern security program, and Target's IAM ecosystem supports a global workforce at enterprise scale. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who brings curiosity, craftsmanship, and technical depth to help evolve our IAM capabilities and influence the next generation of identity platforms. This role offers substantial engineering impact, end-to-end ownership, and the opportunity to collaborate with strong peers in a culture focused on continuous improvementand learning.

What You Will Do:

• Design, architect, and build secure, scalable IAM services using modern engineering practices and an enterprise-grade Java-based technology stack.

• Take end-to-end ownership of solutions, includingrequirementsanalysis, architecture, development, testing, deployment, observability, and long-term reliability.

• Engineer systems that balance high throughput, low latency, resiliency, and security to support mission-critical identity operations.

• Contribute to architectural decisions, design reviews, and long-term technical roadmaps for IAM services.

• Integrate AI-driven capabilities, including risk-aware access identification and contextual access recommendations to improve automation and decision-making.

• Lead by example through code quality, carefuldesigntradeoffs, and disciplined engineering practices.

• Mentor peers and help elevate team capabilities while constructively challengingyourpeersin technical discussions.

• Participatein an engineering culture grounded inSecDevOps, SRE-aligned practices, design reviews, experimentation, blameless retrospectives, and continuous learning.

About you:

• Four-year degree or equivalent practical experience.

• Five or more years of professional software engineering experience.

• Strongproficiencyin Java or a comparable object-oriented programming language.

• Experience designing, developing, and consuming RESTful APIs.

• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts and modern software design patterns.

• Ability to independently troubleshoot,optimize, and enhance complex systems.

• Demonstratedcapability to deliver scalable, secure, high-performance software solutions.

• Strong communicationskills and the ability to collaborate with engineering and product partners.

• Commitment to ongoing learning and staying current with emerging technologies.

Preferred experience:

• Experience with test automation and test-driven development using frameworks such as JUnit orJaCoCo.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools, including Docker, or Vela.

• Experience implementing or instrumenting observability frameworks such asOpenTelemetryfor metrics, logs, and traces.

• Experience with databases such as Postgres, Oracle, MongoDB, or Elasticsearch.

• Exposure to distributed event streaming technologies such as Kafka.

• Working knowledge of identity and access management concepts or identity-centric security.

• Experience with Unix-based operating systems such as Linux or Ubuntu.

• Familiarity with modern JavaScript UI development frameworks, including React.

• Familiarity with artificial intelligence frameworks and concepts such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), autonomous Agents, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core rolewill need to beperformedboth onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned toandvirtually,depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Clickhereif you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.