Senior AI Platforms Engineer - Forward Deployed

Target; Brooklyn Park (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Target is seeking a Senior Engineer for AI Platforms within Forward Deployed Engineering to design, build, and productionize AI-powered applications. You'll work with product teams, apply platform services, and drive scalable, secure solutions across the lifecycle from prototype to production.

This role emphasizes mentoring, code reviews, and collaboration across domain teams, with a focus on robust architectures, observability, and repeatable patterns that accelerate enterprise AI adoption.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience in production environments.
• Experience with AI-enabled applications, LLMs, agentic architectures, and platform services.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and productionize AI-powered applications and experiences.
• Lead lifecycle work from prototyping to deployment and observability.
• Mentor engineers and drive high engineering standards.

Skills

Software development

Hands-on engineering

APIs/SDKs

Cloud-native

CI/CD

Distributed systems

AI platforms

Prototyping

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Target AI platform

Model APIs

Retrieval/Context tooling

Job description

Target is seeking a Senior Engineer for AI Platforms within Forward Deployed Engineering to design, build, and productionize AI-powered applications. You'll work with product teams, apply platform services, and drive scalable, secure solutions across the lifecycle from prototype to production.

This role emphasizes mentoring, code reviews, and collaboration across domain teams, with a focus on robust architectures, observability, and repeatable patterns that accelerate enterprise AI adoption.