IAM Sr Engineer

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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 Targets 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.