Senior AI Engineering Manager - Advanced ML & LLM Systems

Target; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Employee discount

Disability insurance

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Job summary

Target is seeking a Sr Engineering Manager for Advanced AI to lead a full‑stack engineering team building AI/ML applications. You will steer architecture, infrastructure, data pipelines and APIs while mentoring engineers across AI/ML, software and data disciplines.

Responsibilities include defining the technical roadmap, ensuring reliability, security and observability, and collaborating with product partners and leadership to deliver measurable business value.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent industry experience.
• 7+ years of engineering experience including hands-on software development.
• 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams with a track record of delivering complex initiatives.
• Experience leading teams of Data Scientists, AI/ML Engineers, Software Engineers and Data Engineers.
• Strong Python programming and familiarity with languages like Java, Kotlin, Go, or TypeScript a plus.
• Experience designing, building and operating scalable APIs, services, data pipelines, applications and data platforms.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, reliability engineering and secure software development.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts to engineers and leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, align stakeholders and drive clarity across priorities.
• Passion for coaching, mentoring, talent development and building inclusive, high-performing teams.
• Experience in large enterprise technology ecosystems and agile development processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a full-stack engineering team responsible for building, deploying and maintaining high‑quality AI/ML applications.
• Guide decisions across architecture, infrastructure, data, APIs, application design, reliability, observability and security.
• Define and evolve the technical roadmap for AI applications.
• Mentor engineers across AI/ML, software and data engineering and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Stay current with AI advances and apply them thoughtfully to enterprise patterns.

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI/ML systems

Python

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD

Data pipelines

APIs & services

LLMs & agentic

Cross-functional work

Communication skills

Education

4-year degree or equivalent

Job description

Target is seeking a Sr Engineering Manager for Advanced AI to lead a full‑stack engineering team building AI/ML applications. You will steer architecture, infrastructure, data pipelines and APIs while mentoring engineers across AI/ML, software and data disciplines.

Responsibilities include defining the technical roadmap, ensuring reliability, security and observability, and collaborating with product partners and leadership to deliver measurable business value.