Engineer I Compute Platform

Best Buy; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Employee discount

Retirement resources

Well-being support

Job summary

Best Buy in Saint Paul, MN seeks an early-career cloud engineer to deliver small-to-medium compute platform features, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and grow expertise in production systems, design, and real-world problem solving.

You will work largely from home with the need to live within a drivable distance to our Richfield campus. Relocation assistance is not provided. Immigration sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience, can include schooling
• 1 year of experience with at least one programming language and fundamental software development practices, preferably Python
• 2 years of experience delivering mid- large sized compute platform features independently with strong technical execution
• 2 years Linux experience
• 1 year of experience with AWS IAM Roles and Permissions, security groups, monitoring and logging
• 1 year of experience in EC2/VM system architecture, design and implementation as a service

Responsibilities

• Independently deliver small to moderately complex compute platform features and bug fixes from backlog to production
• Participate in technical design discussions and contribute ideas with guidance from Senior Engineers
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development and production environments, including on‑call support
• Apply engineering best practices to improve system reliability, performance, and availability
• Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders to clarify requirements and reduce rework
• Identify opportunities to improve team productivity through automation and process improvements
• Build relationships across teams and begin mentoring less experienced engineers

Skills

Python

Linux

AWS IAM

Security groups

Monitoring & logging

EC2/VM architecture

On-call support

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

AWS Auto Scaling

Job description

We are seeking motivated early-career cloud engineers to join our team and contribute to building reliable, scalable, and high-quality applications. In this role, you will take ownership of small-to-medium features, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and continuously grow your technical expertise. You’ll work in an environment that values learning, mentorship, and engineering best practices while gaining hands‑on experience with production systems, technical design, and real‑world problem solving.

In this role, you'll primarily work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location. However, you must live within a drivable distance to our corporate campus in Richfield, Minnesota. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team, and the recruiter or hiring manager will provide additional details during the hiring process. Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What you’ll do

• Independently deliver small to moderately complex compute platform features and bug fixes from backlog to production
• Participate in technical design discussions and contribute ideas with guidance from Senior Engineers
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development and production environments, including on‑call support
• Apply engineering best practices to improve system reliability, performance, and availability
• Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders to clarify requirements and reduce rework
• Identify opportunities to improve team productivity through automation and process improvements
• Build relationships across teams and begin mentoring less experienced engineers
• 2 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience, can include schooling
• 1 year of experience with at least one programming language and fundamental software development practices, preferably Python
• 2 years of experience delivering mid- large sized compute platform features independently with strong technical execution
• 2 years Linux experience
• 1 year of experience with AWS IAM Roles and Permissions, security groups, monitoring and logging
• 1 year of experience in EC2/VM system architecture, design and implementation as a service

We are seeking motivated early-career cloud engineers to join our team and contribute to building reliable, scalable, and high-quality applications. In this role, you will take ownership of small-to-medium features, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and continuously grow your technical expertise. You’ll work in an environment that values learning, mentorship, and engineering best practices while gaining hands‑on experience with production systems, technical design, and real‑world problem solving.

In this role, you'll primarily work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location. However, you must live within a drivable distance to our corporate campus in Richfield, Minnesota. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team, and the recruiter or hiring manager will provide additional details during the hiring process. Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Basic qualifications

• 2 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience, can include schooling
• 1 year of experience with at least one programming language and fundamental software development practices, preferably Python
• 2 years of experience delivering mid- large sized compute platform features independently with strong technical execution
• 2 years Linux experience
• 1 year of experience with AWS IAM Roles and Permissions, security groups, monitoring and logging
• 1 year of experience in EC2/VM system architecture, design and implementation as a service

Preferred qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional Certification
• 3 years of professional experience
• 1 year of experience supporting AWS EC2, Auto‑Scaling and Application Load Balancing
• 1 year of configuration management tooling experience: Terraform, Chef, Puppet & Ansible
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a willingness to mentor and continuously learn
• Ability to identify risks, solving moderately complex problems, and make sound technical trade-offs
• Familiarity with SDLC, agile practices, and modern development tools (testing, monitoring, automation)

What’s in it for you

We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well‑being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Great employee discount
• Financial savings and retirement resources
• Support for your physical and mental well‑being

• Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility.
• The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full‑time or part‑time employment status, and federal and state regulations.
• Intermittent or reduced‑schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves.
• Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full‑time and part‑time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non‑exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.
• Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results.

For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.

For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.

About us

As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.

Application deadline: Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.

Position Type: Full time

Location/Region: Saint Paul, MN (55101)