Principal AI Platform Architect & Builder

Target; Brooklyn Park (MN); Híbrido; USD 168.000 - 356.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Target is seeking a Principal Engineer for AI Builder Experience and Forward Deployed Engineering to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale AI platforms. You will guide teams across the company to build, integrate, deploy, and operate AI-powered applications, establishing scalable patterns and reusable APIs, SDKs, and tooling.

You will mentor senior engineers, help define platform roadmaps, and ensure responsible, observable AI deployments.

Formación

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or another quantitative discipline or equivalent industry experience.
• 8+ years designing, building, and operating large-scale software platforms, developer platforms, AI/ML systems, or distributed systems in production.
• Experience architecting and delivering production-grade AI solutions and platforms.
• Experience delivering AI applications including LLM-powered or agentic systems and model integration.
• Experience building developer-facing capabilities such as APIs, SDKs, frameworks, libraries, or templates.
• Knowledge of modern AI engineering tools, model APIs, cloud platforms, and observability.
• Strong communication, leadership, and collaboration across teams and geographies.
• Ability to translate ambiguous problems into scalable technical solutions and documentation.

Responsabilidades

• Provide technical leadership for AI platform development and adoption across Target teams.
• Architect and deliver production-grade AI solutions and reusable platform capabilities.
• Mentor senior engineers and influence engineering standards.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and application teams to drive platform roadmaps and reference implementations.
• Stay current with AI tooling and publish reusable patterns and tooling.

Conocimientos

Communication

Leadership

Architecting systems

AI/ML systems

Developer experience

Mentoring

Self-driven

Collaboration

Educación

MS or PhD in CS/Engineering/Math/Stats or equivalent

Herramientas

Model APIs

Agent frameworks

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Containers

Descripción del empleo

Target is seeking a Principal Engineer for AI Builder Experience and Forward Deployed Engineering to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale AI platforms. You will guide teams across the company to build, integrate, deploy, and operate AI-powered applications, establishing scalable patterns and reusable APIs, SDKs, and tooling.

You will mentor senior engineers, help define platform roadmaps, and ensure responsible, observable AI deployments.