Sr Engineer - Transact Team

About the role

The Transact team builds and supports Target’s in-store point-of-sale checkout applications across Front Lane, Self-Checkout, and other transaction experiences. These applications are used by millions of guests and team members, run on more than 50,000 registers, and support over $80 billion in annual transactions across Target stores.

Core Technologies

• Frontend Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, React Router, Node.js
• Testing: Jest, Playwright
• API Integration: REST APIs, Client-side OAuth
• Ci/Cd & Containerization: Docker (Colima), Vela
• Observability & Monitoring: Grafana, Kibana
• Platform Technologies: Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, modernize and maintain frontend applications for Target’s in-store POS checkout experiences
• Build modern, scalable user interfaces using React, React Router, TypeScript/Javascript
• Integrate frontend applications with REST APIs, enterprise services, payments flows, and store infrastructure
• Write maintainable, well-structured code with a focus on quality, reliability, accessibility, and long-term supportability
• Create and maintain automated tests using tools such as Jest and Playwright
• Participate in design discussions, technical planning, code reviews, and architecture decisions
• Collaborate with Product, UX, Store Operations, Payments, Infrastructure, and Platform Engineering partners
• Support Transact as a P1 production application through a rotation-based support model
• Help triage and resolve production issues, improve observability, reduce recurring incidents, and strengthen the reliability of Target’s checkout experience

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Strong frontend engineering experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Node.js and modern frontend architecture
• Experience building applications that integrate with REST APIs and enterprise systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices
• Experience writing automated tests and supporting quality engineering practices
• Ability to debug complex issues across frontend applications, APIs, infrastructure, and production environments
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical decisions, risks, and tradeoffs clearly
• Able to work independently with minimal assistance while contributing effectively as part of a broader team
• A strong sense of ownership for production quality, reliability, maintainability, and user impact
• Ability to build alignment around team priorities and contribute to a healthy engineering culture
• Curiosity and commitment to continuous learning through formal training, self-directed education, experimentation, and hands-on delivery
• Interest in exploring innovation and AI capabilities that improve engineering productivity and user experiences

Benefits

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 https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.