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$142,450–$223,812
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$106k
versus about
$183k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Target
Target Corporation is a large-format general merchandise and grocery retailer offering a wide assortment of everyday essentials, apparel, home goods, and electronics through stores and online. Industry: General Merchandise Retail
Target currently has
92 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$98,000–$176,000
across 67 roles with salary data.
Engineer – Cloud and Compute Platform Teams joins the Cloud & Compute organization to build and operate foundational platforms powering retail technology. You will design, automate, and scale cloud-native infrastructure, reliability practices, and developer-facing capabilities. Day-to-day responsibilities include developing robust software components, solving complex distributed systems challenges, and creating secure, self-service solutions. You will collaborate with product, engineering, and security teams to improve automation, define operational standards, and strengthen observability. The role requires proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, Go, Python, TypeScript, or JavaScript. You must demonstrate familiarity with data structures, debugging, testing, version control, and code reviews. Key technical domains include Kubernetes, container platforms, compute, storage, Kafka, data movement, networking, and messaging/streaming to ensure high performance and availability.
What does a Engineer earn in Minnesota?
Median $137000 from 37 postings across 5 companies.
Develop robust and scalable software components for cloud-native infrastructure.
Solve complex distributed systems and platform engineering challenges.
Create secure, resilient, and self-service solutions for internal teams.
Review code to ensure software quality and functional accuracy.
Handle operational issues with little or no oversight.
Improve automation, define operational standards, and strengthen observability.
Support production readiness and improve performance, availability, and efficiency.
Design and evolve container platforms, compute, storage, and data movement systems.
What we're looking for
A 4-year degree or equivalent experience is required.
At least 1+ years of software development experience is required.
Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, Go, Python, TypeScript, or JavaScript is required.
Foundational understanding of software engineering practices including data structures, debugging, testing, version control, and code reviews is required.
Familiarity with cloud, platform, or distributed systems concepts such as APIs, containers, Kubernetes, networking, storage, or observability is required.
Ability to learn new technologies, tools, and domains quickly to solve engineering problems is required.
Must be able to perform work both onsite at the Target HQ MN location and virtually.