Lead AI Engineer, Advance AI

Target

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Work type
Remote
Location
Brooklyn Park, MNSunnyvale, CA
Salary
$132,000–$286,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Nov 20, 2026

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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 92 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Lead AI Engineer, Advance AI

JOB TITLE: Lead AI Engineer - Advance AI (applied ML, Gen AI, ML Ops) The Lead AI Engineer joins the Advanced AI team to build end-to-end AI/ML systems that generate business value across the enterprise. This role involves designing, building, deploying, and maintaining production-grade applications, including agentic architectures, to support automation and insights within core business workflows. You will translate ambiguous business problems into scalable technical solutions by writing production-quality code and establishing engineering practices for testing, deployment, and observability. Key technologies include Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and Semantic Kernel. You will work with model APIs, prompt orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, and cloud ML platforms. The work focuses on creating reliable, secure, and maintainable AI systems that solve practical business problems through deep learning, classical machine learning, and large language models.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, deploy, and maintain production-grade AI/ML applications and agentic architectures.
  • Translate ambiguous business problems into practical, scalable technical solutions and architectures.
  • Write maintainable production-quality code using Python and frameworks like PyTorch or LangChain.
  • Establish engineering practices for development, testing, deployment, observability, and documentation.
  • Evaluate and select appropriate models, frameworks, and tools for enterprise AI initiatives.
  • Ensure AI applications meet security, reliability, and infrastructure standards.
  • Mentor engineers and provide hands-on technical leadership for AI engineering projects.
  • Identify implementation risks and support the evolution of reusable AI engineering patterns.

What we're looking for

  • A 4-year degree in a Quantitative discipline (Science, Tech, Engineering, Mathematics) or equivalent industry experience is required.
  • An MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field is preferred.
  • You must have 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, including building and operating production systems.
  • You must have strong experience developing AI/ML applications, including LLM-powered applications, agentic systems, and intelligent automation.
  • You must have strong proficiency with Python and experience with frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, or LlamaIndex.
  • You must have experience with model APIs, prompt orchestration, RAG, evaluation frameworks, and cloud ML platforms.
  • You must have a strong understanding of system design, application architecture, and production deployment considerations for AI systems.
  • You must have experience with version control, CI/CD, code review practices, and operational monitoring.

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