Senior Data Scientist - AdvancedAI (Python, GenAI, ML Ops)

The pay range is $98,000.00 - $176,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

JOIN US AS A SR DATA SCIENTIST – AdvancedAI

About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

As a Sr Data Scientist, you’ll join a Data Science team responsible for initializing and launching AI applications, developing centralized AI tools/services, and building organizational capabilities around AI. Working closely with a team of engineers, you’ll drive optimal scaling and adoption of AI applications, which includes designing and developing scalable AI system architectures, including continuous monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.

Given this is a rapidly evolving space, you will be required to stay up to date with the emerging trends in the industry and leverage your experience and expertise in building Machine Learning / Deep Learning solutions to fine-tune pre-trained AI models when needed. We will expect you to understand Agile principles, follow best-practice software design, participate in code reviews, create a maintainable and well-tested codebase with relevant documentation. At an organizational level, you’ll conduct training sessions, present work to technical and non-technical peers, build knowledge on business priorities/strategic goals and leverage this knowledge while building requirements and solutions for each business need.

Core responsibilities of this job are articulated within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs. 

About you: 

• 4-year degree in quantitative disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or equivalent experience 
• 3+ years of experience in end to end, applied data sciences at scale
• Hands on experience with developing GenAI-based systems
• Extensive experience developing LLM-powered solutions, agentic workflows, with an eye for building cost- and-quality optimal systems
• Strong hands-on programming skillset in Python with knowledge of SQL, Hadoop (Hive/Spark)
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing deep learning as well as machine learning models 
• Strong problem-solving skills; develop creative and innovative solution to help solve real-world business problems using data sciences approaches
• Able to create documents and narrative suggesting actionable insights  
• Excellent communication skills; able to clearly tell data driven stories through appropriate visualizations, graphs and narratives 
• Self-driven and results oriented; able to meet tight timelines 
• Team player with ability to collaborate effectively across geographies/time zones  

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [email protected]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.  

Application deadline is : 04/23/2026