Cloud and Compute Platform Engineer

<h1>Engineer – Cloud and Compute Platform Teams</h1><p><strong>Location:</strong> 7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445</p><p><strong>Time Type:</strong> Full time</p><h3>Job Description</h3>The pay range is $75,400.00 - $135,700.00<p></p><p><span><span>Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at </span><a><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> us:</span></b><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span><span>Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture.<span> </span></span></span><a><u><span>Learn more about Target here</span></u></a><span><span>.</span></span><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span>As an<span> </span></span></span><b><span>Engineer,</span></b><span><span><span> </span>you serve as a technical specialist<span> </span></span><span>in</span><span><span> </span></span><span>delivering the engineering that powers the product. You develop keen insight into the technical architecture and design to deliver robust and scalable software components. You constantly<span> </span></span><span>demonstrate</span><span><span> </span>the depth of your<span> </span></span><span>expertise</span><span><span> </span>by solving engineering problems. You are passionate about the quality of software and balance between speed of delivering new features and robustness of the software components you implement. You can handle operational issues with little or no oversight. You actively review code to ensure the software quality and functional accuracy is<span> </span></span><span>maintained</span><span><span> </span>across the team. You are keen to learn the design and architecture of the product and<span> </span></span><span>participate</span><span><span> </span>in ceremonies that can influence both.</span></span><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div><div><p><b><span>Target’s Cloud & Compute<span> </span></span></b><span><span>organization builds and<span> </span></span><span>operates</span><span><span> </span>the foundational platforms that power the experiences our guests, team members, partners, and engineers rely on every day. We are looking for engineers to help design, automate, scale, and evolve the cloud-native infrastructure, reliability practices, and developer-facing capabilities behind modern retail technology. Depending on the team, you may work across Kubernetes and container platforms, compute and storage, Kafka and data movement, observability, cloud management, site reliability engineering, or the cloud console experiences that make our platforms easier and safer to use.</span></span><span> </span></p><p></p></div><div><p><span><span>In this role, you will solve complex distributed systems and platform engineering challenges while creating secure, resilient, and self-service solutions that enable teams across Target to move faster with confidence. You will collaborate with product, engineering,<span> </span></span><span>and<span> </span></span><span>security to build reliable services, improve automation, define operational standards, strengthen observability, support production readiness, and continuously raise the bar for performance, availability, efficiency, and user experience. If you enjoy building platforms that serve many teams, operating systems at scale, learning across technical domains, and turning complex infrastructure into simple, dependable experiences, this is an opportunity to make a broad impact across Target Technology.</span></span><span> </span></p><p></p></div><div><p><span><span>Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.</span></span><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span><span> </span></span><br /><b><span><span>About you:</span></span><span><span> </span></span></b><br /><span><span>•<span> </span></span><span>4-year</span><span><span> </span>degree or equivalent experience</span></span><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span>• 1+ years of software development experience</span></span><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span>•<span> </span></span><span>Demonstrates</span><span><span> </span>familiarity with current and emerging technologies in own scope of responsibility, and develops ability to apply these technologies</span></span><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span><span>•<span> </span></span><span>Proficiency</span><span><span> </span>in at least one programming language such as Java, Go, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript</span></span><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span><span>• Foundational understanding of software engineering practices including data structures, debugging, testing, version control, code reviews, and writing maintainable code</span></span><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span><span>• Familiarity with cloud, platform, or distributed systems concepts such as APIs, containers, Kubernetes, networking, storage, messaging/streaming, observability, or service reliability</span></span><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span><span>• Ability to learn<span> </span></span><span>new technologies</span><span>, tools, and domains quickly, and apply that learning to solve engineering problems with guidance from more senior engineers.</span></span><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span>• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education</span></span><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span><span>This position will<span> </span></span><span>operate</span><span><span> </span>as a <b>Hybrid/</b>Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A <b>Hybrid</b>/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role<span> </span></span></span><span><span>will need to be<span> </span></span></span><span><span>performed</span></span><span><span><span> </span></span></span><span><span>both <b>onsite at the Target HQ MN</b> location the role is assigned to and virtually,</span></span><span><span><span> </span>depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click<span> </span></span></span><a><u><span>here</span></u></a><span><span><span> </span>if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.</span></span><span> </span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><b>Benefits Eligibility</b></p>Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: with Disabilities Act (ADA)</span></b></p><p></p><p><span>In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to </span><span>candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com.</span><span> </span><span>Non-accommodation-related</span><span> requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel. </span></p><p></p><p></p>

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