Sr. Front End Engineer - Merch Capabilities

The pay range is $98,000.00 - $176,000.00

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 ;br>
About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

About the team:

The Assortment Planning Technology Platform serves the core planning functions within Target's Merchandising Organization. This platform enables our merchants to deliver timely, viable and most relevant guest assortments across all of our sales channels (stores, digital, social), and is a critical strategic capability for delivering profitable sales growth for Target. Our systems are built with cutting edge technologies and scaled to serve the enterprise.

As a Sr Front End Engineer, you serve as the technical mentor for the engineering team that supports a product. You help create and are responsible for the UI architecture that best serves the product in its functional and non-functional needs. You help drive UI architecture to accelerate feature development or improve the quality of service (or both). You have strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model. Have experience with at least one full cycle implementation. Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles. Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Redux or React Query). Have familiarity with RESTful APIs and strong knowledge of HTML / CSS. Also have strong proficiency with implementing UI caches and preferred to have experience with micro front ends. You have skills to design and implement and influence your fellow engineers by proposing software designs, providing feedback on software designs and/or implementation. You show good problem-solving skills and can help the team in triaging operational issues. Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals.

As a Sr Front End Engineer, you'll take the lead as you use your technology acumen to apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies within specialized area(s) of the technology domain. Evaluate new technologies and participate in decision-making, accounting for several factors such as viability within Target's technical environment, maintainability, and cost of ownership. Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for new technologies. Manage total product, financials and forecasting. Lead the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services. Lead and conduct code review, design review, testing, and debugging activities at the application level. Lead functional design and architecture discussions with understanding of process flows and system diagrams to enable design decisions. Participate in routine and non-routine construction, automation, and implementation activities, ensuring successful implementation with architectural and operational requirements and best practices met. Provide technical oversight and coach others to resolve complex and severe technical issues. Lead disaster recovery activities and contribute to disaster recovery planning. Embed data quality protocols throughout data acquisition, processing, storage, and operational use.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:

• 4 year degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Demonstrates a solid understanding of the impact of own work on the team and/or guests technologies
• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education
• Writes and organizes code using multiple computer languages, including distributed programming and understand different frameworks and paradigm
• Clearly communicates agile concepts to partners within product team
• Possesses working knowledge of transaction codes/master data used within specific domain and participates in building custom solutions in the package
• Influences and applies data standards, policies, and procedures
• Maintains technical knowledge within areas of expertise
• Delivers high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables with broad impact (high throughput and low latency)
• Experience with the following technologies: React, Typescript, React Context, REST APIs, HTML/CSS, PostgreSQL, Testing frameworks, AG Grid is a plus

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, 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 here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

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