Junior Cloud Platform Engineer

Lenovo Inc.; North Carolina; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenovo пригons a Junior Cloud Platform Engineer to join the UDS Cloud platform team and help build scalable cloud services and applications.

You will develop APIs, microservices, event-driven workflows, and automation, working with engineers across the globe to support Lenovo's products and platforms.

This role is ideal for an early-career engineer who wants to learn cloud engineering and AI-assisted development, with opportunities to grow and contribute to reliable, well-tested software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field.
• 0-2+ years of software engineering experience; internships, academic projects, and other hands-on development experience are considered.
• Programming experience with Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or a similar language.
• Understanding of cloud development, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with databases, event-driven architecture, and data modeling.
• Basic knowledge of CI/CD, containers, monitoring, logging, and cloud deployment.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and maintain cloud-based services and applications.
• Develop APIs, microservices, integrations, and event-driven workflows.
• Support CI/CD, automation, monitoring, logging, and cloud deployments.
• Write automated tests and troubleshoot software and production issues.
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools for coding, testing, debugging, and documentation.
• Collaborate with global engineering, product, DevOps, security, and QA teams.

Skills

Java

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

C#

Cloud development

Distributed systems

CI/CD basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

REST APIs

GraphQL

Job description

We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.

Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #153 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world's largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo's continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).

This transformation together with Lenovo's world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.

Junior Cloud Platform Engineer

Role Overview

In this role, you will join Lenovo's UDS Cloud platform team and help build scalable cloud services and applications. You will work with engineers to develop APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, and automation that support Lenovo's global products and platforms.

This role is ideal for an early-career engineer interested in cloud engineering, software development, and AI-assisted engineering who enjoys learning and working with new technologies.

What You'll Do

• Build, test, and maintain cloud-based services and applications.
• Develop APIs, microservices, integrations, and event-driven workflows.
• Support CI/CD, automation, monitoring, logging, and cloud deployments.
• Write automated tests and troubleshoot software and production issues.
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools for coding, testing, debugging, and documentation.
• Collaborate with global engineering, product, DevOps, security, and QA teams.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field.
• 0-2+ years of software engineering experience; internships, academic projects, and other hands-on development experience are considered.
• Programming experience with Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, C#, or a similar language.
• Understanding of cloud development, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with databases, event-driven architecture, and data modeling.
• Basic knowledge of CI/CD, containers, monitoring, logging, and cloud deployment.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS, Azure, or another cloud platform.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SNS/SQS, Azure Service Bus, or similar technologies.
• Experience with REST, GraphQL, or gRPC APIs.
• Knowledge of cloud security, authentication, authorization, and secrets management.
• Experience with AI-assisted software engineering tools and techniques.
• Experience through open-source projects, hackathons, coding competitions, capstone projects, or similar technical projects.

What Success Looks Like

• Quickly learn Lenovo's UDS Cloud platform and engineering practices.
• Deliver reliable, well-tested, and documented code.
• Take ownership of problems and turn them into clear engineering solutions.
• Contribute to improving the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of Lenovo's cloud platform.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.