Target

Principal AI Engineer focused on building and scaling advanced AI capabilities, including agentic and LLM-powered systems, for enterprise-wide automation and optimization. The role involves deep technical leadership, end-to-end solution design, deployment, and establishing robust engineering practices for production AI applications.

Lead Engineer for GenAI at Target, focusing on designing and implementing autonomous AI agents with multi-step reasoning, task planning, and tool usage. The role involves leading development of agent orchestration frameworks, applying LLMs, building evaluation systems, implementing safety mechanisms, and creating data pipelines for training and inference. It emphasizes productionizing GenAI capabilities and adopting emerging technologies within an enterprise retail context.

Senior Director of Search (Data Sciences & Engineering) at Target, leading a global organization of 60+ to build and evolve the end-to-end Search ecosystem. The role focuses on technical strategy, AI innovation, and operational excellence for query understanding, semantic retrieval, ranking systems, relevance AI, search platform architecture, evaluation frameworks, and conversational/agentic search capabilities. Key responsibilities include defining technical vision, leading the transition to agentic search, advancing AI capabilities (embeddings, transformers, RL, LLM reasoning), building AI systems for intent understanding and RAG, establishing evaluation frameworks, driving responsible AI and governance, and partnering with product and engineering leadership. Requires advanced degree, 16+ years of experience in production ML/AI systems, deep expertise in Search/IR, and proven leadership experience.

Principal Data Scientist role focused on designing, developing, and deploying generative AI solutions, including working with Multimodal LLMs and fine-tuning them. The role involves analyzing large datasets, contributing to research, and collaborating with AI/ML engineers to productionize GenAI solutions for retail use cases.

Senior Data Scientist role focused on designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining data science models and tools, with a strong emphasis on Generative AI and Multimodal LLMs. The role involves contributing to research, enhancing model performance, fine-tuning LLMs, and collaborating with AI/ML engineers to build GenAI solutions for retail applications.

Lead Operations Research Scientist at Target, focusing on supply chain optimization using advanced mathematical techniques, AI, ML, and simulations. The role involves problem structuring, data analysis, model development, and project delivery to improve efficiency and profitability.

Senior Engineer focused on Malware Reverse Engineering, leveraging AI-augmented analysis to triage samples, validate machine-generated analysis, and investigate complex malware. The role involves developing reverse engineering skills, analyzing attacker tradecraft, and translating insights into durable detections. Responsibilities include reviewing AI analysis results, identifying inaccuracies, refining analysis, triaging large sample sets, performing targeted reverse engineering on critical code paths, analyzing obfuscation techniques, understanding exploit patterns, and contributing to detection logic development using tools like YARA. The role also involves working with automated analysis pipelines and using Python scripting to enhance tooling.

Sr Data Scientist role focused on Global Supply Chain and Logistics, leveraging operations research, simulation, and machine learning to develop and deploy optimization and ML algorithms at scale. Requires strong computer science fundamentals, experience with production deployments, and proficiency in mathematical modeling and programming languages.

Senior Engineer role focused on integrating LLMs and GenAI into core applications, building systems for AI reliability, and developing agentic frameworks for automation. Requires strong Java backend experience, microservices, and cloud platforms, with a focus on scalable and resilient systems.

This role focuses on applying operations research, machine learning, and AI techniques to solve complex supply chain problems, involving data analysis, model development, and insight generation for a large retail company.

Lead ML Engineer for Target's personalization and recommendation systems on Target.com and the Target App. Focus on designing, implementing, and optimizing production ML solutions, including data pipelining, model optimization, deployment, and API design. Requires strong Python, ML frameworks, cloud ML services, distributed training, serving frameworks, and CI/CD experience. Will mentor junior team members and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Principal Engineer role focused on defining and driving unified architecture for a store optimization platform. This involves leading the evolution towards intelligent task orchestration, establishing multi-objective optimization frameworks, and ensuring end-to-end system integrity. The role requires embedding observability, guardrails, and explainability into AI-driven systems, and partnering across teams to drive scalable platform design. Experience building and productionizing AI/GenAI systems, including LLMs, RAG, prompting, evaluation, and guardrails, is critical.

Lead Engineer for Threat Hunting & Countermeasures role at Target, focusing on proactive, hypothesis-driven threat hunting using large-scale security datasets, statistical methods, and machine learning. The role involves developing and operationalizing production-ready detections and countermeasures to identify novel or evasive threats, and collaborating with various security teams.

Senior Engineer role focused on integrating AI/ML capabilities into cybersecurity operational processes and applications at Target. The role involves evaluating new AI technologies, prototyping, and developing AI-powered solutions, with a focus on LLMOps and production deployment.

Lead Engineer for Cybersecurity AI Activation and Engineering team, responsible for application architecture and designs for AI-powered capabilities within cybersecurity. Will evaluate new technologies, conduct research and proof-of-concept activities, and contribute to foundational AI/ML capabilities. Focus on LLMOps, solution reliability, and sustainability.

Lead Engineer role focused on integrating GenAI and LLMs into core applications, building agentic frameworks, and improving AI reliability. Requires strong backend engineering skills in Java/Python, microservices, and cloud platforms, with an emphasis on building scalable and resilient AI-powered systems.

Lead Data Scientist for the Content Creation team, focusing on building and deploying AI solutions using GenAI, computer vision, and traditional ML for marketing and site content use cases. Responsibilities include end-to-end ownership of algorithmic solutions, from data understanding and feature engineering to model development, validation, testing, and production deployment. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, mentoring junior members, and driving technical strategy.

Senior Engineer role focused on integrating LLMs and GenAI features into core applications, building agentic frameworks, and improving AI reliability within an enterprise retail context. Requires strong backend development skills in Java/Python, microservices, and cloud technologies, with a focus on AI integration and automation.

Lead Engineer responsible for integrating LLMs and Generative AI into core applications, building and scaling agentic frameworks, and implementing safeguards for AI reliability within an enterprise platform.

Principal Engineer role focused on building and scaling agentic AI capabilities within the Merchandising portfolio at Target. This involves owning the technical strategy for AI/agentic features, architecting cloud-native systems, designing agent orchestration flows, delivering production LLM solutions with measurable outcomes, establishing evaluation and quality gates, implementing safety controls, and enabling platform adoption at scale. The role requires influencing cross-team technical direction and mentoring engineers.

This role focuses on designing, building, and integrating systems for e-commerce search, leveraging NLP, deep learning, classical ML, and LLMs to improve query understanding, ranking, relevance, and external search capabilities. The goal is to develop a multi-year vision for search on Target.com.

Sr AI Engineer role focused on AdTech, involving the definition, development, and integration of modules for algorithmic decision making within an ad serving tech platform. The role requires expertise in machine learning, probability theory, statistics, optimization, deep learning, NLP, or computer vision, with a focus on owning the design and implementation of algorithmic solutions from data understanding to production deployment. Responsibilities include driving problem statements, defining metrics, evaluating model tradeoffs, developing data pipelines, articulating technical strategy, and mentoring junior team members.

Lead Operations Research Scientist at Target, focusing on supply chain network optimization. This role involves developing and applying advanced operations research techniques, AI, and machine learning to solve complex business challenges, including simulations, scenario analyses, and optimization methods. Requires strong programming skills (Python, PySpark, R, SQL), experience with large datasets, and working with LLMs and modern ML frameworks. The role emphasizes stakeholder engagement, problem framing, data analysis, and effective communication of insights.

This role focuses on applying operations research, machine learning, and simulation techniques to optimize Target's global supply chain. The scientist will analyze large datasets, develop complex algorithms, and build models for areas like purchasing, transportation, inventory, and last-mile delivery. The role requires strong programming skills in Python/R, SQL, and experience with data pipeline building in the Hadoop ecosystem (PySpark).

Senior Engineering Manager for the Observability team at Target, focusing on building and leading a team to deliver enterprise-grade observability platforms. The role involves shaping the technical roadmap for a unified, intelligent reliability platform, scaling telemetry pipelines, and embedding reliability into developer workflows. The team is moving towards AI-driven root cause analysis and autonomous remediation, aiming to evolve from reactive monitoring to AI-assisted and autonomous reliability.

Senior Engineer role focused on endpoint security, leveraging GenAI and automation to develop and enhance security controls, improve operational efficiency, and build robust data pipelines. The role involves leading the evaluation, testing, and implementation of security tools, supporting existing products, and researching best practices.

Senior Engineer on the Enterprise Collaboration team responsible for developing and supporting solutions including chat, content management, and personal digital assistance (GenAI). The role involves applying and maintaining knowledge of current and emerging technologies, evaluating new technologies, and initiating research and proof-of-concept activities. Responsibilities include leading design, lifecycle management, and cost of ownership of services, conducting code and design reviews, and providing technical oversight. The role also emphasizes embedding data quality protocols.

Lead Operations Research Manager at Target, focusing on last-mile fulfillment and delivery strategy. The role involves identifying growth opportunities, designing decision systems, and blending operations research, simulation, and data science to improve last-mile performance. Key responsibilities include leading last-mile strategy, building decision models at scale, and driving cross-functional delivery. The role requires experience in Python, SQL, operations research techniques, and applying ML/AI where appropriate.

This role focuses on leading the maintenance and development of store planning drawing files and documents through the Design Development phases, particularly for complex projects. The individual will collaborate with business partners to ensure drawings and layouts adhere to Target's guidelines and standards, taking on complex projects, quality assurance, and SME responsibilities. The role also involves leading work efforts and special projects while managing multiple projects, and developing, training, and coaching team members.

This role is for a Sr. Engineer specializing in SAP ABAP (RAP) with experience in Fiori/UI5 and SAP Finance. The engineer will be responsible for developing technology solutions at an enterprise scale, managing revenue, enabling team members, and supporting guest and supplier operations. Key responsibilities include implementing SAP solutions, building custom solutions, optimizing system performance, and delivering high-performance, scalable, and secure deliverables. Experience with SAP Integration Suite and open-source development is a plus.

Target is seeking a Construction Project Manager to oversee the execution of new store, remodel, supply chain, and merchant innovation projects. This role involves managing scope, schedule, and budget, coordinating construction processes, and ensuring quality control. The Project Manager will also be responsible for reviewing contractor bids, negotiating contracts, and managing payments.

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.

This role focuses on identifying, collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence on cyber threats relevant to Target. It involves converting threat reporting and technical indicators into actionable insights for detection and response, partnering with various security teams, and producing intelligence products. The role requires expertise in analytic rigor, technical curiosity, and the ability to operate independently while collaborating across teams.

Lead a team of full-stack engineers to build and manage scalable technology solutions, driving product outcomes and influencing roadmaps. This role requires technical leadership, people management, and end-to-end product lifecycle accountability within a large enterprise retail environment.

Seasonal Target Security Specialist responsible for maintaining a safe and secure work environment at a Target distribution center. Duties include executing patrol routines, following emergency procedures, and managing security trailer processes.

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.

This role is for a Sr. Specialist Building Operations focused on dock operations and maintenance of building systems at Target HQ. Responsibilities include managing dock equipment, scheduling maintenance for HVAC, lighting, and other building systems, responding to work orders, and performing special projects. The role requires experience in building maintenance or the ability to learn, operation of tools, and PC skills for building management systems.

This role is for a Seasonal Target Security Specialist responsible for maintaining a safe and secure work environment at a Target supply chain building. Responsibilities include executing patrol routines, following emergency procedures, and managing security processes. The role requires a high school degree, a valid driver's license, and the ability to remain calm in crisis situations.

This role is for a Senior Target Security Specialist at a Target sortation center. The primary responsibilities include leading physical security and safety culture, identifying and preventing theft and shortage through technology and partnerships, conducting patrols, and supporting asset protection initiatives. The role also involves executing emergency procedures and supporting new team member onboarding.

L4 Engineer with 2+ years of experience in Java, microservices, Spring Boot, messaging systems, databases (NoSQL/SQL), CI/CD, testing, containerization, and observability. Expected to write clean, testable, secure code, contribute to debugging, and apply knowledge of systems. Understands automated testing, observability, and system reliability. Works independently, collaborates effectively, and has a growth mindset. Aligns work with business goals. Familiarity with agentic frameworks, LLMs, AI/LLM integration, and AI reliability is a plus.

Lead Engineer responsible for application architecture, technical leadership, and driving architectural changes to improve feature development and service quality. Focuses on evaluating and implementing new technologies, setting standards, and ensuring high-performance, scalable, and secure deliverables. Develops data models and manages data lifecycle, with experience in building highly scalable distributed systems.

Senior Engineer role focused on developing and maintaining application architecture, ensuring robust and scalable systems, evaluating new technologies, and leading technical design and implementation. The role involves coaching others, managing product lifecycle, and ensuring data quality.

This role is for a Seasonal Target Security Specialist at a sortation center. Responsibilities include maintaining a safe and secure work environment, executing patrol routines, following emergency procedures, and managing truck gate operations and visitor management. The role requires a high school degree, a valid driver's license, the ability to remain calm in crisis situations, and physical capability to lift up to 60 lbs. It is not an AI-related role.

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.

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.

Lead Specialist for Corporate Security & Safety at Target, responsible for guiding daily security operations, ensuring consistent execution across corporate locations, coordinating incident response, and maintaining communication during operational issues. Focuses on directing shift activities and addressing security-related problems.

Senior Automation Integration Engineer responsible for designing, building, and supporting SCADA systems using the Ignition platform in highly automated industrial environments. This role involves developing traditional SCADA functionality, building operational applications, integrating with PLCs and enterprise systems, and ensuring system reliability and scalability.

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.

Lead Warehouse Worker at Target responsible for assisting Operations Managers in coordinating work activities, instilling a safety culture, identifying training needs, participating in root cause analysis, conducting audits, assessing product flow and quality, and assigning tasks to team members. Requires leadership, warehousing or manufacturing experience, basic math, communication, and time-management skills.

Target is seeking a Packaging Engineer to lead the development of packaging for their owned brands. This role involves collaborating with internal teams and external partners to create consumer-centric, on-brand, and sustainable packaging solutions. Responsibilities include managing projects, driving sustainability initiatives, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and leading structural design and development. The ideal candidate has a packaging engineering degree, CPG experience, and expertise in CAD software.