Senior Platform Engineer, Cloud & DX

Relha LLC; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

Target is seeking a Senior Engineer in Digital Enablement to design and support reliable, scalable digital platforms and tooling for internal product teams. You translate architectural concepts into practical, resilient solutions and guide partner teams in designing, building, and deploying production-grade APIs and developer tooling.

You will work within the Digital Enablement team, delivering modern deployment tooling, observability frameworks, and reliability practices to enable rapid yet

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 4+ years of software engineering experience, focusing on production-grade APIs and developer tooling
• 2+ years designing and building RESTful or gRPC APIs, preferably in Go and/or TypeScript
• 2+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices, including GitHub Actions workflows
• Hands-on experience building backend services, CLIs, or platform tooling that improve developer productivity or support large-scale web deployments
• Experience working with major cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience containerizing applications and deploying on Kubernetes and Docker
• Basic understanding of CDN concepts including caching, traffic routing, and edge configuration
• Familiarity with observability practices including log aggregation, metrics, and distributed tracing
• Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to drive technical decisions and mentor peers
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Preferred Qualifications: Deep experience writing production services or tooling in Go and TypeScript/Node.js
• Experience building or maintaining GitHub Actions — custom actions, reusable workflows, or large-scale CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with CDN platforms such as Fastly, including VCL or edge logic configuration
• Experience designing APIs or SDKs consumed by other engineering teams
• Familiarity with progressive deployment strategies
• Experience with secrets management and supply chain security

Responsibilities

• Lead design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services
• Lead and conduct code review, design review, testing, and debugging at the application level
• Lead functional design and architecture discussions with understanding of processes and diagrams
• Provide technical oversight and coaching to resolve complex issues
• Lead disaster recovery activities and contribute to DR planning
• Embed data quality protocols throughout data acquisition, processing, storage, and operational use
• Possibly other duties per business needs

Job description

Target is seeking a Senior Engineer in Digital Enablement to design and support reliable, scalable digital platforms and tooling for internal product teams. You translate architectural concepts into practical, resilient solutions and guide partner teams in designing, building, and deploying production-grade APIs and developer tooling.

You will work within the Digital Enablement team, delivering modern deployment tooling, observability frameworks, and reliability practices to enable rapid yet