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Principal Engineer - Secure AI(Remote Or Hybrid)

Target · Brooklyn Park, MN · 1 wk ago
Engineering$168k–$303k/yrFull-time

About the role

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

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with AI platform, product, and engineering teams to evaluate the security posture of AI systems throughout their lifecycle
  • Assess AI architectures, models, agents, and supporting infrastructure to identify security risks, vulnerabilities, and design weaknesses
  • Develop and execute security validation strategies for AI systems, including threat modeling, attack simulation, and adversarial testing
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of existing security controls, guardrails, and mitigations protecting AI applications and platforms
  • Identify emerging AI-specific threats, attack techniques, and vulnerabilities, and communicate their potential business impact
  • Recommend risk mitigation strategies and prioritized remediation plans to improve the security and resilience of AI systems
  • Conduct deep technical reviews of AI products, platforms, and architectures to identify opportunities for security improvement
  • Prioritize high-impact security improvements that measurably reduce risk while enabling innovation and business objectives
  • Perform hands-on security analysis and testing of complex AI-enabled systems, identifying gaps in architecture, implementation, and operational controls
  • Collaborate with security, architecture, and engineering teams to continuously improve AI security controls and governance practices
  • Efficiently assess and communicate security risks to stakeholders, balancing technical realities, business priorities, and organizational objectives
  • Serve as a trusted advisor on AI security, helping teams make informed decisions as AI capabilities evolve across the enterprise

Requirements

  • 4-year degree OR equivalent experience
  • Polyglot programmer comfortable in many languages across different platforms
  • 10+ years of hands-on experience in technology, with extensive knowledge of cybersecurity domains including Information Protection, Cloud Security (GCP strongly preferred), Networking Security, IAM, Automation, and Security of Large Language Models (LLM)
  • In-depth understanding of OWASP top 10 for Large Language Model Applications
  • Expertise in AI and ML
  • Familiarity with OWSAP top ten for LLMs
  • Knowledge in RAG authorization patterns - "How do you implement RBAC in a RAG?"
  • Experience mitigating the security risks of local coding agents
  • Solid understanding of containerization technologies and tools
  • Seeks out cross-team collaboration opportunities
  • Demonstrated curiosity and ability to learn
  • Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills with strong presentation abilities
  • Proven history of effectively utilizing a variety of security tools and technologies across diverse environments

Qualifications

  • Good understanding of security management workflows in large enterprise organizations and complex environments
  • In-depth knowledge of security frameworks, standards, and best practices (e.g., NIST, ISO/IEC 27001)
  • Strong understanding of network security, cryptography, and secure software development
  • Experience with security technologies, such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, and DLP
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Skills

  • LLM Security expertise
  • Vertex AI experience
  • AWS or Azure experience

Benefits

Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

Pay

The pay range is $168,000.00 - $303,000.00 Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications.

Schedule

This position may be considered for a Remote or Hybrid (known internally at Target as "Flex for Your Day") work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Remote work arrangement means the team member works full-time from home or an alternate location that's not a Target location, does not have a desk at a Target location and may travel to HQ up to 4 times a year. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role may be performed either remote or onsite at a Target location 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.

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