Sr Engineer - AI Platform Think Tank; Python, Java, Gen AI, Agentic AI

The pay range is $98,000.00 - $.

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

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This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact AI platform capabilities at Target, helping shape how engineering teams responsibly adopt GenAI, agent-based workflows, and scalable AI-powered solutions. You will be part of a platform team focused on innovation, engineering excellence, operational stability, and practical application of emerging AI technologies.

As a Sr Engineer – AI on Target’s Think Tank Platform Engineering / AI Platform team, you will help design, build, and scale modern AI-powered engineering capabilities that support Target’s broader technology ecosystem.

You will own feature development end-to‑end, contribute to scalable platform solutions, support production systems, and help advance the responsible use of GenAI and agent-based technologies across the platform. This role requires strong engineering fundamentals, hands‑on software development experience, and the ability to partner closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.

• Participate in Agile team ceremonies, including daily stand‑ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Partner with product managers, engineering teams, and stakeholders to deepen domain knowledge and align technical work to business outcomes.
• Own feature development end‑to‑end, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Design and implement solutions that are testable, supportable, secure, scalable, and aligned with architectural standards.
• Write clean, maintainable, and secure code across multiple languages and technology paradigms.
• Contribute to code reviews and design reviews to maintain engineering quality and consistency.
• Support operational stability, troubleshoot issues, and resolve production problems with minimal oversight.
• Participate in on‑call support after onboarding and ramp‑up.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to research, proof‑of‑concept work, and platform innovation.

• Leverage GenAI tools and AI‑assisted development workflows to improve development speed, code quality, testing, and documentation.
• Design, build, and integrate GenAI‑powered applications, agent‑based systems, and orchestration workflows where appropriate.
• Apply strong engineering judgment to validate AI and agent outputs for correctness, reliability, security, and compliance.
• Help define and evolve best practices for responsible, scalable adoption of GenAI and agent technologies across the platform.
• Improve prompting strategies, tool usage patterns, workflow automation, and agent reliability.

• 4‑year degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering principles, distributed systems, scalable application design and secure coding practices.
• Demonstrated programming experience with Python, Java, Kotlin, or similar object‑oriented programming languages.
• Experience with Spring Boot/Micronaut or similar backend application frameworks.
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging and data movement systems.
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