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This role pays less than
91%
of similar roles. Most pay
$159,000–$229,568
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$137k
versus about
$194k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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
97 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$98,000–$176,000
across 70 roles with salary data.
As a Sr Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) AI Platforms team, you will partner directly with engineering and product teams to accelerate the adoption of enterprise AI platforms. You will solve complex, high-value AI problems by designing, building, and productionizing AI-powered applications and experiences. Your daily work involves developing production-grade solutions using generative AI, LLMs, agentic architectures, retrieval patterns, and model APIs. You will translate ambiguous business requirements into technical designs, managing the full lifecycle from prototyping to deployment and observability. Key skills include proficiency in modern programming languages, distributed systems, cloud-native development, containers, and CI/CD. You will identify recurring technical challenges to create reusable components like APIs, SDKs, and frameworks, ultimately improving the AI builder experience and establishing scalable engineering patterns for robust, secure, and maintainable systems.
What does a Forward Deployed Engineer earn?
Median $208800 from 47 postings across 23 companies.
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