Lead Data Scientist- Search

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers.

Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values diverse voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful.

Overview about Target In India

At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy. And that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from diverse backgrounds come together at Target to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. That winning formula is especially apparent in Bengaluru, where Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.

The Search and Browse Data Science team builds the core relevance engine and Data Science products that power Target’s digital experience.  As a Sr Data Scientist on this product – you’ll work with business partners to provide solutions for business problems in a fast-paced and global environment.  You’ll have the opportunity to design quality, flexible and performant Data Science systems and services at scale.  You’ll also architect Data Science solutions that capture, process and mine huge datasets in the retail industry.  We’ll also promote innovative thinking as well as the opportunity to utilize cutting-edge machine learning algorithms and NLP techniques to improve our Mobile and Web Search systems at Target!

In this role at Target as a Lead Data Scientist, you’ll: 

• Develop and deploy scalable deep learning models to improve the search experience of Target guests

• Architect and implement large-scale AI systems using test-driven development practices

• Build NLP technology for query and document analysis, processing, and understanding

• Create data pipelines for feature/label extraction and generation

• Conduct data analysis to identify opportunities and improve models

• Conduct research to advance the state-of-the-art machine learning and NLP technologies

• Contributing to the operations/building of AI pipelines

• Adopting Target's infrastructural platforms and operationalize tools and systems around them

• Mentor and partner with other engineers to develop software that meets business needs

• Follow agile methodology for software development and technical documentation

• Innovate constantly and keep systems up to date with current technologies

What we're looking for: 

• MS or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

• Research or industrial experiences in relevant fields, such as information retrieval, machine learning, NLP, or recommendation systems

• 8+ years of experience in deploying machine learning algorithms into production environments.

• Proficient in Python or Java with Strong coding and problem-solving skills

• Solid modeling skills in Python

• Good understanding of search indexing, retrieval, and ranking

• Extensive experience in implementing and integrating ML models in production with high traffic

• Experience querying large databases with SQL, HQL, or some variations

• Experience with Semantic Search is a plus.

• Experience in Tuning LLMs is plus.

• Proven track record of achieving significant engineering or academic results.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work with global teams

Useful Links-

Life at Target- https://india.target.com/

Benefits- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits

Culture- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/diversity-and-inclusion