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Sr Engineer - Developer Platform
$98K–$176K
7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Education
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience
About the job
Build and support a developer platform that generates configured codebases and integrates infrastructure and AI-assisted workflows for engineers.
What you'll do
- Design and maintain platform architecture, services, and production APIs; lead code reviews, testing, and debugging.
- Build integrations and tooling that help engineers scaffold projects and work across distributed services.
- Provide technical oversight, resolve operational issues, and contribute to technology decisions and platform roadmaps.
What they ask for
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Proficiency in JVM languages (Kotlin/Java) and experience designing and shipping production REST APIs
- Experience with PostgreSQL or another relational database
Nice to have
- React/TypeScript frontend experience; Python experience
- Experience with AI tooling, LLMs, or the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Pay
$98,000.00 - $176,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
Kotlin, Python, TypeScript, Java, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, Jinja2, Cookiecutter
AI focus
Build AI-native agent interfaces and AI-assisted developer workflows; preferred experience includes AI tooling, LLMs, or the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
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