Sara Kalupa
Lead Software Engineer at Target
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSara Kalupa is a Lead Software Engineer at Target with a focused background in cybersecurity engineering and hands-on experience building Java, Python, and Golang solutions that enrich data for threat analysis. She progressed through Target’s engineering ranks from the Technology Leadership Program to her current lead role, combining SecDevOps practices with enterprise authentication and Spring Boot systems. Sara holds CISSP and CompTIA Network+ certifications and a dual-background BS in Computer Science and International Studies with a global security focus, which informs her practical approach to secure system design. Her technical breadth spans networking, VMware virtualization, and hardware management—skills honed earlier supporting 1,500 users in UW–Madison’s DoIT and through internships at General Dynamics and Kohl’s. An active member of the Executive Women’s Forum and WiCys, she brings both technical rigor and advocacy for women in cybersecurity. Colleagues describe her as a developer who translates security requirements into elegant, production-ready engineering solutions.
2 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Github Skills (12)
golang10
cfc10
scanning10
yara10
security10
sift9
scale9
docker9
dm8
web-application7
python7
webapp7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
target/strelka-ui
Aug 2024 - Apr 2025
Strelka Web UI for File Submission and Analysis
Contributions:2 reviews, 3 PRs, 2 pushes in 7 months
pythonweb-uidetectionsiftsecurity
target/strelka
Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
Real-time, container-based file scanning at enterprise scale
Contributions:2 releases, 6 reviews, 40 PRs in 1 year 3 months
golangcontainersreal-timeyarafile-based
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