Cloud & Compute Platform Engineer (Hybrid)

Target; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ADA accommodations

Hybrid/Flex work arrangement

Job summary

Target is seeking an Engineer to deliver robust software within the Cloud & Compute organization. You will develop scalable components, learn architectural designs, and balance speed with quality in a hybrid work model.

The role requires a 4-year degree or equivalent and 1+ years of software development experience, with proficiency in Java/Go/Python/TypeScript/JavaScript and cloud/container fundamentals.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of software development experience.
• Familiar with Java/Go/Python/TypeScript/JavaScript and related tech.
• Foundational understanding of software engineering practices including data structures, debugging, testing, version control, code reviews, and writing maintainable code.
• Familiarity with cloud, platform, or distributed systems concepts such as APIs, containers, Kubernetes, networking, storage, messaging/streaming, observability, or service reliability.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver robust, scalable software components.
• Collaborate with product, security, and engineering teams.
• Contribute to platform reliability, observability, and automation.

Skills

Java

Go

Python

TypeScript

JavaScript

Software engineering basics

Cloud / distributed systems

Education

4-year degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

Git

Job description

Target is seeking an Engineer to deliver robust software within the Cloud & Compute organization. You will develop scalable components, learn architectural designs, and balance speed with quality in a hybrid work model.

The role requires a 4-year degree or equivalent and 1+ years of software development experience, with proficiency in Java/Go/Python/TypeScript/JavaScript and cloud/container fundamentals.