$98,000 – $211,000
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What this role is
Target is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to build production-grade AI and machine learning systems that drive business value across the company, including LLM-powered applications and agentic workflows. This role suits experienced software engineers who want to work on enterprise-scale AI systems and collaborate with data scientists and cross-functional teams to solve meaningful business problems.
Our summary, not Target’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- CI/CD
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- LangChain
- LlamaIndex
- LLMs (Large Language Models)
- Python
- PyTorch
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Semantic Kernel
- TensorFlow
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What they ask for
Required
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience including production systems
- Experience developing AI/ML applications with LLMs and applied machine learning solutions
- Strong proficiency with Python and AI/ML frameworks
- Experience with model APIs, prompt orchestration, and RAG approaches
- Understanding of system design and production deployment for AI systems
- Experience building maintainable, well-tested services and APIs
- Experience with version control, CI/CD, code review, and operational monitoring
- Ability to break down requirements into engineering tasks and deliver solutions collaboratively
- Strong communication skills explaining technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
- Ability to work independently and collaborate with senior partners
- Self-driven and results-oriented with strong ownership
Nice to have
- Experience with data pipelines
- Experience with cloud platforms
- Experience with container and orchestration technologies
- Experience evaluating model and framework tradeoffs
- Experience with observability tools