Senior ML Engineer, Merchandising AI & ML Ops

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Target Data Sciences is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Engineer – Merchandising AI to design, implement, and optimize production ML solutions at scale. You will mentor engineers, review code, and ensure robust, well‑tested models that inform merchandising decisions across platforms.

You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to translate business priorities into scalable ML architectures, pipelines, and APIs, while upholding engineering standards and

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in STEM fields required.
• MS in CS, Applied Math, Statistics, Physics or related ML field preferred.
• 5+ years of end-to-end ML development, deployment and API design.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize production ML solutions.
• Mentor engineers and establish engineering standards.
• Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers and product managers to deliver scalable ML solutions.

Skills

End-to-end ML

Python programming

ML Ops

CI/CD for ML

Cloud: Vertex AI

Docker

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Big Data: Hadoop/Spark/Kafka

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MS in Computer Science or related field

4-year degree in quantitative disciplines

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Vertex AI

REST API

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Target Data Sciences is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Engineer – Merchandising AI to design, implement, and optimize production ML solutions at scale. You will mentor engineers, review code, and ensure robust, well‑tested models that inform merchandising decisions across platforms.

You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to translate business priorities into scalable ML architectures, pipelines, and APIs, while upholding engineering standards and