**About Us** As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values different voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful. **Overview about TII** At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy. And that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from different backgrounds come together at Target to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. That winning formula is especially apparent in Bengaluru, where Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations. **Pyramid overview** A role with Target Data Science & Engineering means the chance to help develop and manage state of the art predictive algorithms that use data at scale to automate and optimize decisions at scale. Whether you join our Statistics, Optimization or Machine Learning teams, you’ll be challenged to harness Target’s impressive data breadth to build the algorithms that power solutions our partners in Marketing, Supply Chain Optimization, Network Security and Personalization rely on. **Team Overview** As **Lead AI Engineer** , you will join a Target Tech team responsible for building and **scaling Pricing solutions.** You will play crucial lead role in designing, implementing, and optimizing the machine learning solutions in production. Additionally, you’ll apply best practices in software design, participate in code reviews, create a maintainable well-tested codebase with relevant documentation. At an organizational level, you will conduct training sessions, present work to technical and non-technical peers/leaders, 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 and/or a Masters in Quantitative disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or equivalent experience + 6-plus years of experience in **end-to-end application development** , **data exploration,** data pipelining, API design, optimization of model latency + Expertise in **MLOps frameworks** and hands on experience in **MLOps platforms** and tools preferably **Google VertexAI, MLFlow** etc. + 4-plus years of experience deploying **Machine Learning algorithms** into production environments - including model and system monitoring and troubleshooting + Highly proficient programming in **Scala and/or Python/Pyspark** + Good understanding of **Big Data tech** - specifically **Hadoop, Kafka, Spark** + Experience in handling streaming data and real-time forecasting solutions deployment + Solid understanding of data analysis techniques, including data cleaning, preprocessing, and visualization + Demonstrated ability collaborating with data scientists, software engineers and product managers to understand the business requirements and translate to machine learning solutions at scale + Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly tell data driven stories through appropriate visualizations, graphs, and narratives + Self-driven and results oriented - able to meet tight timelines + Motivated, team player with ability to collaborate effectively across global team + Understanding of retail industry and pricing concepts is added advantage **Bonus Points:** + Extensive experience with Deep Learning frameworks TensorFlow, Pytorch or Keras + Masters/PhD in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or related quantitative field + Extensive experience developing highly distributed ML systems at scale + Deep expertise with Vertex AI and Cloud ML ecosystem will be desirable + Experience in mentoring the junior team members ML skillset and career development **Know More About Us here:** + **Life at Target** - https://india.target.com/ + **Benefits** - https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits + **Culture-** https://india.target.com/life-at-target/belonging