Lead AI Platforms Engineer (FDE) – Hybrid/Remote

Target; United States; Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Target is seeking a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer – AI Platforms to accelerate adoption of the enterprise AI platform. You will design production‑grade AI solutions, guide architecture across product, engineering and platform teams, and deliver reusable tooling to improve adoption and efficiency.

You will operate at the intersection of AI engineering, platform engineering and product development, bridging hands‑on implementation with technical guidance, and helping teams move from

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software development with hands-on engineering.
• Expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, cloud-native technologies and modern engineering practices.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives from design through production.
• Experience with production engineering practices, including CI/CD, testing, observability, reliability, performance, security, and ops.
• Ability to provide technical guidance, influence engineering decisions, and improve engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technical engagements to accelerate AI platform adoption.
• Design, build, and productionize AI solutions, reference implementations, tooling, and platform‑support capabilities.
• Guide technical design and implementation across engineering efforts, navigating architectural tradeoffs.
• Improve reliability, security, performance, observability, and op readiness of production AI systems.
• Collaborate across product, engineering, and platform teams to evaluate technical approaches.
• Develop reusable engineering patterns, tooling, APIs, SDKs to improve platform adoption and efficiency.

Skills

Java

Python

Koltin

LLMs

Agentic architectures

Model APIs

CI/CD

Observability

Education

4-year degree or equivalent experience

Tools

APIs

Cloud-native tech

SDKs

Deployment tooling

Job description

Target is seeking a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer – AI Platforms to accelerate adoption of the enterprise AI platform. You will design production‑grade AI solutions, guide architecture across product, engineering and platform teams, and deliver reusable tooling to improve adoption and efficiency.

You will operate at the intersection of AI engineering, platform engineering and product development, bridging hands‑on implementation with technical guidance, and helping teams move from