Senior Engineer, Tech Inventory Engineering (Frontend)

Target

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Location
Brooklyn Park, MN
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Full-time
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88 days ago
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Target Corporation is a large-format general merchandise and grocery retailer offering a wide assortment of everyday essentials, apparel, home goods, and electronics through stores and online. Industry: General Merchandise Retail

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TL;DR · Senior Engineer, Tech Inventory Engineering (Frontend)

Sr. Engineer - Tech Inventory Engineering (Frontend) joins the Tech Inventory Engineering team to develop user-first tooling that tracks global technology inventory to reduce loss and facilitate planning. You will architect, design, and deliver scalable, high-quality frontend applications, translating business requirements into performant, accessible experiences. Daily responsibilities include owning end-to-end frontend development, ensuring reliability and security, and mentoring engineers through code reviews. You will utilize a tech stack featuring TypeScript, Next.js, React, and Playwright, while integrating with backend services using Kotlin, Ktor, and MongoDB. The role involves solving technical problems related to inventory and asset management systems, supporting enterprise data strategies for AI/ML-powered analytics, and building shared components. You must apply test-first development practices and modern UI patterns to maintainable systems.

What you'll do

  • Architect, design, and deliver scalable, high-quality frontend applications aligned to the Tech Inventory Engineering roadmap.
  • Translate user and business requirements into intuitive, performant, and accessible frontend experiences.
  • Ensure frontend reliability, performance, observability, and security through strong engineering practices.
  • Build maintainable, testable systems and shared components using modern UI technologies and design patterns.
  • Drive frontend quality through automated UI, component, and BDD testing along with robust CI/CD practices.
  • Mentor engineers and lead code reviews to elevate technical capability across the team.
  • Support the product through on-call participation and proactive issue reduction via observability.
  • Develop user-first tooling to track global technology inventory and support the Enterprise Data Strategy.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of software development experience with a strong focus on frontend engineering.
  • Deep expertise in TypeScript/JavaScript and modern frameworks like React and Next.js.
  • Strong understanding of web fundamentals including performance, rendering, browser behavior, accessibility, and SEO.
  • Experience integrating with REST services and working with diverse data models and data stores.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate requirements into accessible, user-centered solutions using test-first development.
  • Strong written communication skills to write clear technical specifications and documentation.
  • Experience with Next.js, TypeScript, Jest, Cypress, Playwright, Figma, or Adobe XD (preferred).

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