This role pays less than
93%
of similar roles. Most pay
$148,249–$238,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$106k
versus about
$193k
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
58 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$98,000–$176,000
across 58 roles with salary data.
Engineer - IoT Platform
As an Engineer on the IoT Platform team, you will serve as a technical specialist developing robust, scalable software components that power critical capabilities like RFID-based inventory visibility, refrigerator monitoring, and guest request buttons. You will build self-service platform constructs to abstract device management and network complexities for thousands of connected devices while ensuring high observability through logs, metrics, and tracing. The role involves managing complex engineering problems, performing code reviews, and implementing automated testing within mature CI/CD pipelines. You will work with a diverse technology stack including Micronaut, Kotlin, Java, Python, Golang, Kafka, and various relational and NoSQL databases like Postgres and Redis. Additionally, you will utilize orchestration engines such as Temporal or Camunda Core to manage distributed systems and edge computing infrastructure across the company's facilities.
What does a Engineer earn?
Median $185000 from 249 postings across 48 companies.
Develop robust and scalable software components for the IoT and RFID platform.
Build self-service platform constructs to help other teams achieve their business goals.
Manage and scale infrastructure for thousands of connected devices across Target facilities.
Perform code reviews to ensure software quality and functional accuracy.
Resolve operational issues and triage large-scale problems with a focus on prevention.
Implement automated testing, monitoring, and rollback procedures for full CD deployments.
Design and maintain high observability through robust logs, metrics, and tracing.
Select and implement appropriate technologies like Kotlin, Java, Python, or Go to solve complex problems.
What we're looking for
A 4-year degree or equivalent experience is required.
At least 1 year of software development experience is required.
Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, TypeScript, or JavaScript is required.
Foundational understanding of data structures, debugging, testing, version control, code reviews, and writing maintainable code is required.
Familiarity with cloud, platform, or distributed systems concepts like APIs, containers, Kubernetes, networking, storage, messaging, observability, or service reliability is required.
Ability to learn new technologies, tools, and domains quickly to solve engineering problems is required.
Must stay current with evolving technologies through formal training and self-directed education.
Kubernetes
Java
Kotlin
Go
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Kafka
SRE
Distributed Systems
cloud-native
Containers
Observability
APIs
Agile
Site Reliability Engineering
Data Movement
Platform Engineering