Senior Engineer, Cloud and Compute Platform Teams

Target

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
MN
Salary
$98,000–$176,000 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
Nearby
13 roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $174k
This role $137k
$85k most similar roles pay here $223k

This role pays less than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$205,950 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $137k versus about $174k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 51 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $118,000–$211,000 across 51 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineer, Cloud and Compute Platform Teams

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As a senior software engineer in Target’s Cloud & Compute organization, you will join a dynamic team responsible for designing and implementing foundational platforms that power retail technology experiences. Your day-to-day responsibilities include solving complex distributed systems challenges, creating secure and resilient self-service solutions, collaborating with product and engineering teams to improve automation and define operational standards, and enhancing observability and production readiness. You will work across Kubernetes, container platforms, compute and storage, Kafka, data movement, observability, SRE, cloud management, and web-based console development. Strong proficiency in languages like Java, Go, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or Kotlin is essential, along with experience in building scalable, reliable distributed systems and delivering high-quality technical solutions that prioritize performance, security, and cost efficiency.

Skills

Kubernetes Python Java Go TypeScript JavaScript Kafka Docker CI/CD AWS Azure GCP Terraform Prometheus GitLab Jenkins PostgreSQL Redis MongoDB Django Flask

What you'll do

  • Design and implement cloud-native infrastructure for distributed systems.
  • Propose software designs and provide feedback to enhance engineering practices.
  • Triage operational issues and support production readiness in complex environments.
  • Build reliable services by improving automation and defining operational standards.
  • Strengthen observability and ensure secure, resilient self-service solutions.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and security teams on platform projects.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software development experience
  • Proficiency in Java, Go, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Kotlin or similar languages
  • Experience designing, building, and operating scalable distributed systems and cloud platforms
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, compute, storage, observability, SRE, or web-based console development
  • Ability to deliver high-quality technical solutions considering performance, security, and cost efficiency
  • Strong commitment to team priorities and clear communication of Agile concepts
  • Maintains up-to-date technical knowledge in relevant areas

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