Currently tracking 25 active AI roles, down 87% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $75k–$356k (avg $183k).
Target currently has 28 active job listings related to artificial intelligence. The majority of these roles, 61%, are focused on agents, with data roles making up another 14%. Engineering is the primary function hiring for these positions, with the United States and India each accounting for 14 roles. Frequent technology tags include model serving, agent orchestration, and RAG, suggesting a focus on deploying and managing AI models. Over the last 30 days, Target has posted 20 new AI roles, representing an 82% increase compared to the previous 30-day period.
Target currently has 38 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Lead Operations Research Scientist (3), Sr Engineer - Target India (3), Director Product Management - Physical Intelligence, Director of Engineering - AI Security, Lead Data Scientist- AML. Most positions are in Engineering and Product.
Target's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (71%), serving infrastructure (11%), data (11%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Target is hiring AI talent in: United States (19 roles), India (19 roles).
Job postings at Target most frequently reference: agent orchestration, model serving, llm observability, rag, inference infra.
In the past 30 days, Target has posted 24 new AI-related roles. That is a +50% change versus the prior 30 days (16 → 24).
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| Senior Marketplace New Business Development Manager, Strategic Partnerships This role focuses on driving the growth of Target's Marketplace through strategic partnerships, managing the entire partner lifecycle from acquisition to optimization. It involves developing strategies, onboarding partners, providing enablement resources, and measuring performance to generate high-quality leads and business outcomes. | — | 0 |
| Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Target.com Web Enablement This role is for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer focused on building and supporting platforms and tools for reliable, scalable digital experiences. The engineer will improve system reliability, operational efficiency, and overall stability of Target's digital ecosystem by partnering with other teams to provide deployment tooling, observability frameworks, and reliability practices. The role involves leveraging automation, best practices, and modern engineering patterns to ensure Target's digital platforms are fast, stable, and scalable. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Designer - Cat & Jack Girls Knit Apparel Senior Designer for Cat & Jack Girls Knit Apparel at Target, responsible for product design and development, trend research, and mentoring junior designers. Requires expertise in knitwear, materials, construction, and global market travel. |
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| Sr Consultant, Product Safety & Compliance This role focuses on ensuring Target's consumer products meet regulatory requirements for safety, testing, labeling, and market access. It involves risk assessment, developing compliance standards, managing regulatory changes, and partnering with internal teams and vendors to ensure adherence to local, state, and federal regulations. | — | 0 |
| Senior Designer Kids Home Senior Designer for Kids Home products at Target, focusing on Pillowfort brand. Responsibilities include leading product design and development, trend forecasting, concept development, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Requires expertise in Kids Home design, textiles, and computer design systems. | — | 0 |
| Raw Materials Innovation Manager Target is seeking a Raw Materials Innovation Manager to advance the integration of innovative raw materials into Owned Brand products. This role involves identifying, assessing, and prioritizing emerging materials and technologies, administering proof-of-concept initiatives, and partnering cross-functionally to deliver product, cost, quality, and speed-to-market goals. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 3+ years of experience in product development, materials innovation, sourcing, or R&D within retail, apparel, or related industries. | — | 0 |
| Associate Designer- Cat & Jack Kids /Toddler Apparel Associate Designer for Cat & Jack Kids/Toddler Apparel at Target. Responsible for supporting product design and development, trend research, concept development, and creating presentations. Collaborates with various teams including merchants, sourcing, and technical design. | — | 0 |
| Problem Solver This role is responsible for ensuring inventory accuracy and quality by verifying item attributions, acting as the first responder to defects and exceptions, determining root cause, performing research, correcting defects, and documenting them. The role also involves working closely with the Inventory Control and Quality Assurance (ICQA) team. | — | 0 |
| Engineer - iOS Software Engineer role focused on building guest-facing features for the Target iOS shopping app using Swift and modern Apple frameworks. Responsibilities include writing clean, well-tested native code, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to feature development. | — | 0 |
| Sr Admin Assistant - Merch Activation Administrative Assistant role at Target, supporting multiple leaders in a fast-paced retail environment. Responsibilities include managing priorities, problem-solving, communication, and maintaining organization. Requires high school diploma, 2+ years of administrative experience, and strong attention to detail. | — | 0 |
| Senior Target Security Specialist- Sortation Center - Houston, TX This role is focused on physical security and safety within a Target supply chain facility. The Senior Target Security Specialist will lead security and safety initiatives, prevent and investigate theft and shortage, conduct patrols, and support enterprise-wide asset protection projects. Responsibilities include executing emergency procedures, onboarding new team members, and maintaining documentation. The role requires a high school diploma, a valid driver's license, and the ability to remain calm in crisis situations. Experience in loss prevention or security is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Senior Target Security Specialist - Regional Distribution Center - Amsterdam, NY This role is for a Senior Target Security Specialist at a regional distribution center. The primary responsibilities include leading physical security and safety culture, mitigating shortage risks, preventing and investigating theft and fraud, conducting patrols, and supporting asset protection initiatives. The role requires strong communication skills, the ability to remain calm in crisis situations, and experience with technology systems. Prior experience in loss prevention or security is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Senior UX Product Designer - Guest Content Tools Senior UX Product Designer to lead experience strategy and design for Target's guest content tools, shaping how content is created, managed, and delivered across Target's digital ecosystem. This role involves full design process participation, from discovery to production, and requires strong strategic problem-solving and collaboration skills. | — | 0 |
| Sr Business Partner - Fulfillment Experience This role is a Sr. Business Partner for Store Fulfillment at Target, focusing on improving order pickup, drive-up, and grocery pickup programs. It involves understanding current situations, identifying drivers for improvement, and delivering solutions to stores. The role supports continuous improvement, project execution from headquarters, and feedback loops between HQ and stores. Responsibilities include addressing store questions, managing supplies, executing space projects, representing fulfillment in sustainability workstreams, and developing project plans and reports. | — | 0 |
| Lead Engineer - Network Security Monitoring Lead Engineer for Network Security Monitoring at Target, focusing on enhancing cybersecurity visibility and threat detection through network engineering and analysis. The role involves deploying and optimizing network traffic analysis tools, collaborating with network and security teams, and developing solutions to defend Target's network. | — | 0 |
| Engineering & Facilities Maintenance Operations Manager - Food Distribution Center - Windsor, CT Manages maintenance operations for a food distribution center, focusing on equipment reliability, team leadership, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities include overseeing maintenance technicians, managing external contractors, ensuring safety procedures, and managing the lifecycle of various facility assets. | — | 0 |
| Product Manager - Club Target Creator Program Product Manager for Target's Club Target Creator Program, focusing on driving business outcomes through product execution, managing the product backlog, translating strategy into user stories, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance the creator journey and social commerce experience. | — | 0 |
| Continuous Improvement Manager - Upstream Distribution Center - Suffolk, VA This role is for a Continuous Improvement Manager in a Distribution Center, focusing on Lean/Six Sigma methodologies and structured problem-solving to improve lead-time, quality, and cost. The manager will mentor teams, oversee program execution, and drive process optimization. | — | 0 |
| Sr Process Analyst, Risk & Controls This role focuses on risk and controls within Target's finance and accounting department. The Sr. Process Analyst will collaborate with finance, technology, and enterprise risk teams to guide internal controls, identify risks, maintain the control program, and develop/update internal controls and documentation. The role requires experience in SOX compliance, risk assessment, and IT control concepts, with a preference for CPA/CISA. | — | 0 |
| Sourcing Analyst, Owned Brands, Food & Beverage This role supports Owned Brands (OB) Food and Beverage Sourcing by enabling faster, higher-quality sourcing decisions by translating analytics into insight, judgment, and action. This role supports Sourcing Managers and Senior Sourcing Managers by interpreting cost and market data, shaping negotiation strategies, and enabling real-time decision-making. | — | 0 |
| Sr Data Analyst Senior Data Analyst role within the Food Supply Chain Data & Analytics team focused on accelerating next-generation data capabilities to unlock scalable, profitable growth. The position operates at the intersection of business strategy and advanced analytics, partnering cross-functionally to frame high-impact problems and translate them into data-driven solutions. Responsibilities include architecting and deploying end-to-end analytical approaches, synthesizing insights into compelling narratives for senior stakeholders, and designing high-performance dashboards and reporting ecosystems. | — | 0 |
| Senior Admin Assistant - Home Design & Development Senior Administrative Assistant role at Target, supporting Home Design & Development leaders. Responsibilities include managing priorities, problem-solving, communication, and providing high-level administrative support in a fast-paced retail environment. Requires 2+ years of administrative experience, strong communication, and organizational skills. | — | 0 |
| Engineering & Facilities Operations Manager - Returns Center - Upper Marlboro, MD Target is seeking an Engineering & Facilities Maintenance Operations Manager for their Returns Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. This role focuses on leading a team to ensure high equipment availability and operational success through a reliability-centered maintenance culture. Responsibilities include team leadership, performance management, developing continuous improvement processes, managing equipment reliability, overseeing financial expenditures, and ensuring safety procedures are followed. The role requires a degree in Engineering or equivalent experience, and previous supervisory experience. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Insights Analyst, Experience and Loyalty This role focuses on conducting consumer research and analyzing data to uncover insights about guest experiences with Target's in-store offerings, aiming to drive engagement and relevance. It involves connecting guest behaviors and perceptions to business performance, partnering with internal and external teams, and managing vendors. | — | 0 |
| Enterprise Risk Portfolio Lead (hybrid in MN) This role is responsible for managing a portfolio of enterprise risk, ensuring visibility into top risks, and supporting leaders in identifying, assessing, and monitoring those risks. It acts as a connector between business leaders and enterprise risk leadership, bringing structure and consistency to risk management processes. | — | 0 |
| Engineer - Tech Inventory Engineering Software Engineer role focused on developing user-first tooling for global technology inventory management, integrating with other systems, and supporting enterprise data strategy for AI/ML-powered analytics. The role involves designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software solutions, contributing to user-facing applications and backend services, writing clean code, participating in code reviews, and collaborating with cross-functional partners. Requires 1+ years of software development experience and familiarity with modern development frameworks and testing concepts. Nice-to-haves include experience with specific frontend/backend technologies, databases, and cloud platforms. | — | 0 |
| Sr Analyst Digital Experience Support This role supports the digital experience at Target, focusing on monitoring production environments, triaging incidents, and resolving issues to improve the guest journey. It involves analyzing operational and guest data, translating technical findings, and serving as an operational liaison between business and technology teams. The role requires proficiency in digital analytics and data platforms, and involves on-call responsibilities. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Designer, Store Design - Architecture This role is for a Senior Designer on the Architecture team at Target, focusing on translating guest experience, brand, and business strategies into architecturally sound, buildable store designs. The role involves developing site-specific architectural solutions, managing projects from concept through construction, and collaborating with various internal and external partners to ensure design integrity is maintained while meeting real-world constraints like code, cost, and constructability. The position emphasizes a design-led approach to store evolution and innovation. | — | 0 |
| Marketplace New Business Development Manager | Acquisition The Marketplace New Business Development Manager, Acquisition for Target+ Marketplace is responsible for identifying and developing new business partnerships with brands, vendors, and retailers to expand the Marketplace's assortment. This role involves executing acquisition strategies, building relationships with potential partners, and collaborating cross-functionally to enhance the digital guest experience. | — | 0 |
| Sr Engineering Manager - Workforce Management Lead engineering teams responsible for building, integrating, and operating Workforce Management solutions, including time capture, labor forecasting, and workforce scheduling. This involves managing both UKG platform capabilities and custom-built extensions, ensuring alignment with evolving architectural direction and delivering scalable, well-integrated solutions in a complex, highly integrated environment. | — | 0 |
| Sr Manager Cybersecurity Defense Senior Manager for Cybersecurity Defense at Target, responsible for leading a CSIRT shift, managing incident response operations, developing response frameworks, coordinating cross-functional response, reporting on trends, and mentoring team members. Requires strong technical leadership and problem-solving skills. | — | 0 |
| Sr Engineer – Network Operating Systems Senior Engineer role focused on building and debugging software for network operating systems, specifically within the Linux stack and SONiC builds. Responsibilities include working with hardware interfaces, developing container-based workflows with Docker, and troubleshooting complex system, networking, and infrastructure issues. The role also involves evaluating and adopting new technologies, leading design discussions, and mentoring teammates within an Agile environment. | — | 0 |
| Lead Engineer - Insider Risk Lead Engineer focused on Insider Risk at Target, responsible for designing, implementing, and improving Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) programs to protect company data and systems from insider threats. The role involves monitoring DLP technologies, conducting investigations, integrating security tools, and collaborating with various teams to enhance security posture. | — | 0 |
| Product Manager - Network Security Product Manager for Network Security at Target, focusing on protecting and enabling secure traffic flow in a large enterprise environment. Responsibilities include modernizing network security platforms, improving secure access, integrating security with engineering/business teams, and driving operational excellence through visibility and automation. The role involves product discovery, backlog management, and collaboration with engineering and business partners. | — | 0 |
| Assortment Insight Lead This role acts as an internal category insights manager, leveraging data and reporting to derive insights about the company, consumer, and competitors. The insights are then translated into recommendations to guide merchants in creating strategies for market share growth, guest relevancy, and profitability. The role involves collaborating with core merchandising partners to address strategic opportunities, centralizing insights into action, and partnering with cross-company insights teams. Key responsibilities include data visualization, storytelling with data, and influencing strategy through key performance indicators. The role will also partner with a Merchandising Insights team for tools and reporting. | — | 0 |
| Litho Mount Feeder Overnight Operates and assists with the Litho Mount press in a printing services environment, ensuring quality standards and accurate data collection. | — | 0 |
| Manager Printing Services - Pressroom Manager of Printing Services responsible for leading and developing a team of production team members in a fast-paced 24-7 production environment. Responsibilities include providing direction, setting goals for daily production, managing team performance, leading a positive culture, coordinating projects, training team members and contractors, monitoring product and packaging quality, ensuring adherence to the production schedule, assigning work, maintaining inventory, orienting new team members, and ensuring safety practices. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Systems Engineer - Regional Distribution Center - Cedar Falls, IA This role is for a Sr. Systems Engineer in a Regional Distribution Center, focusing on ensuring high equipment availability and optimizing system performance for material handling equipment, including robotics and AS/RS. Responsibilities include preventive/predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, system controls logic, and training. | — | 0 |
| Lead Large Press Operator (Overnight) Lead Large Press Operator responsible for operating and maintaining large printing presses, ensuring high-quality output, and adhering to safety and operational procedures. This role involves delegating tasks, training team members, and troubleshooting equipment. | — | 0 |
| Store Distribution Specialist (7:30AM - 6:00PM) This role is responsible for the sorting and distribution of various materials, including marketing, promotional, and training items, as well as payroll, checks, packages, and freight shipments. The role involves both domestic and international distribution and requires physical capability to lift up to 50 lbs and stand for long periods. | — | 0 |
| Sr Engineer - Finance Technology Software Engineer role focused on modernizing legacy financial platforms, strengthening controls, and improving scalability for Target's Finance Technology division. Responsibilities include end-to-end feature development, code quality, production support, and evaluating new technologies, with some use of AI-assisted development tools. | — | 0 |
| Senior Systems Engineer - Regional Distribution Center - Fridley, MN Senior Systems Engineer responsible for ensuring high equipment availability and optimizing system performance in a regional distribution center. This role involves using preventive and predictive maintenance processes, troubleshooting equipment breakdowns, and restoring equipment to service. The engineer will work on building automation, continuous improvement, and new installation initiatives, focusing on material handling equipment including conveyor systems, sortation, robotics, and AS/RS. Responsibilities include monitoring system health, analyzing data for improvements, conducting technical interviews, and training technicians on safety procedures and troubleshooting techniques. | — | 0 |
| Lead UX Designer, Emerging Experiences Lead UX Designer for Target's Emerging Experiences team, focusing on future-forward digital and physical touchpoints. Responsibilities include participating in design sprints, developing future-state journeys, creating prototypes, and mentoring junior designers. Requires 7+ years of product design experience and proficiency in design/prototyping tools. | — | 0 |
| Sr Data Analyst This role is for a Sr. Data Analyst on the Property Analytics team at Target. The analyst will support strategic initiatives by developing new data and metrics, analyzing in-store data to measure the impact of various changes on store operations and guest experience, and deriving business insights using mathematical techniques. The role involves working with business owners, technology teams, and leveraging tools like Python and SQL. It is a hybrid role based in Minneapolis. | — | 0 |
| Engineer - Reliability Engineering & Enablement This role is for an Engineer on the Reliability Engineering & Enablement (REL) team, which builds and operates the platform, integrations, and data capabilities behind ServiceNow at Target. The team focuses on improving reliability, enabling enterprise data access, and modernizing the platform into a scalable, event-driven, and AI-enabled ecosystem. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building backend services, integrations, and internal tools while supporting the stability and evolution of critical enterprise systems. | — | 0 |
| Seasonal Target Security Specialist - Fulfillment Center - Woodbury, MN This role is for a Seasonal Target Security Specialist responsible for maintaining a safe and secure work environment in a fulfillment center. Responsibilities include executing security routines, patrolling the yard and perimeter, following emergency procedures, and managing security trailer processes. The role requires a high school degree, being at least 18 years old, multitasking ability, calmness in crisis situations, and a valid driver's license. | — | 0 |
| Senior Industrial Engineer - Food Distribution Center - Denton, TX Senior Industrial Engineer role focused on optimizing warehouse operations within a food distribution center. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining engineered labor standards, driving process improvements, configuring systems, and acting as a subject matter expert in Labor Management. The role involves conducting audits, performance validations, and analytical reviews to identify and resolve operational issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and supporting strategic planning. Requires experience with time study tools, labor management systems, and optimization methods like Lean Six Sigma. | — | 0 |
| Sr Data Analyst Senior Data Analyst role in the Finance Capabilities team, focusing on Circle Card Reporting & Analytics. Responsibilities include leveraging SQL, Python/R, and analytics tools to support financial products, deliver insights, and contribute to reporting suites for financial analysis, performance monitoring, and compliance controls. Requires advanced SQL, intermediate Python/R, and experience with various analytics tools. | — | 0 |
| Sr Engineer - Reliability Engineering & Enablement This role is for a Senior Engineer on the Reliability Engineering & Enablement (REE) team, focusing on building and operating the platform, integrations, and data capabilities behind ServiceNow at Target. The team aims to improve reliability, enable enterprise data access, and modernize the platform into a scalable, event-driven, and AI-enabled ecosystem. The engineer will design, build, and operate backend services, APIs, and integrations, own systems end-to-end, and contribute to platform modernization efforts. While the role mentions AI-enabled ecosystems and AI-assisted development, the core responsibilities are in backend engineering, system reliability, and platform modernization, not direct AI/ML model development. | — | 0 |
| Lead Engineer - Incident Response Engineering Lead Engineer for Incident Response Engineering team, focusing on developing and maturing user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) capabilities for insider risk detection and user risk assessment. The role involves designing, building, and enhancing internal applications, services, and workflows, contributing to SOAR and artifact collection platforms, and evaluating new technologies. Requires expertise in software engineering patterns, problem-solving, and collaboration with security operations and cross-functional teams. | — | 0 |