Lead Engineer - GenAI

Target

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7000 Target Pkwy N,Ncd-0375 Brooklyn Park,Mn 55445, US Posted 35 days ago $132,000–$286,000 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Lead Engineer in Merchandising Engineering at Target, you will join a globally distributed team building core merchandising systems using advanced AI and machine learning technologies. Your responsibilities include designing autonomous AI agents with multi-step reasoning capabilities, leading the development of multi-agent coordination frameworks, and implementing safety mechanisms to ensure trustworthiness. You will also build data pipelines for training and fine-tuning models, operationalize evaluation systems, and adopt emerging GenAI patterns like LangGraph and RAG. Proficiency in Java and Python, along with experience in PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and modern LLM ecosystems, is essential. This role demands strong stakeholder communication skills and the ability to lead through influence across teams while ensuring scalable, reliable system design.

Skills

Python Java PostgreSQL Elasticsearch S3 OpenAI Anthropic LangChain Google GenAI RAG Agentic AI Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Design and implement autonomous AI agents with multi-step reasoning capabilities.
  • Lead development of multi-agent coordination frameworks and workflow engines.
  • Apply expertise in large language models (LLMs) for prompt engineering and optimization.
  • Build evaluation systems to measure agent accuracy, robustness, and reliability.
  • Implement safety mechanisms including content filters and hallucination mitigation techniques.
  • Develop data pipelines for training, fine-tuning, and real-time inference workflows.
  • Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to establish scalable engineering patterns.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of software development experience with full cycle implementation
  • Proficiency in Java and Python programming languages
  • Hands-on experience with modern LLM ecosystems including productionizing GenAI capabilities
  • Strong knowledge of emerging GenAI patterns, frameworks, and use-cases
  • Experience designing scalable, reliable systems with performance, cost, and operational health awareness
  • Demonstrates broad expertise in multiple computer languages and frameworks
  • Leads through influence across teams and partners with strong stakeholder communication skills

Market check

Salary context

This $132,000–$286,000 range sits above 58% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$152,200–$227,850

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$164,112–$234,625

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Target

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

Target currently has 43 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $98,000–$176,000 across 43 roles with salary data.

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