Sr Data Scientist Merchandise Scaling (Applied ML, Python, ML Ops))

Brooklyn Park, MN - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 95000 - 171000

Posted on: 20-09-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The pay range is $95000.00 - $171000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on include labor markets and in some instancesmay include education work experience and addition to your pay Target cares about and invests in you as a team member so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs which may include medical vision dental life insurance and more to help you and your family take care of your whole benefits for eligible team members include 401(k) employee discount short term disability long term disability paid sick leave paid national holidays and paid competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at TARGET AS A SR DATA SCIENTIST MERCH SCALING

About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

A role withTargetData Sciencesmeans the chance to help develop and managestate of the art predictivealgorithmsthatuse data at scale to automateand optimize decisions at scale. Whether you join our Statistics Optimization or Machine Learning teams youll be challenged to harness Targets impressive data breadth to build the algorithmsthat power solutions our partners in Marketing Supply Chain Optimization Network Security and Personalization rely on.

Every Scientist on Targets Data Sciences team can expect modeling and data science software/product development of highly performant code for Model Performance to elevate Targets culture and apply retail domain knowledge.

As Sr Data Scientist you will join a Target Tech team responsible for Merchandising Assortment Data Science products. You will collaborate with Product Tech and business partners to solve retail challenges at scale for our merchandising organization. You will design develop deploy and maintain data science models and tools. Youll work closely with data scientists engineers and business partners to continuously learn and address evolving business needs. Youll also collaborate with product and engineering partners on peer teams to build and productionize enterprise merchandising solutions.

Core responsibilities of this job are articulated within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:

PhD/MS in Applied Mathematics Statistics Operations Research Industrial Engineering Physics Computer Science or equivalent work experience
3 plus years of experience cleaning transforming and analyzing large datasets for insights leading to business improvements - preferably in retail data
Experience developing testing and maintaining large codebases in a collaborative environment while meeting industry best practices - including implementing and working with CI/CD pipelines (i.e. Docker Kubernetes etc.)
Demonstrated knowledge of mathematical and statistical concepts data structures algorithm design data analysis optimization simulations and visualizations applied to business problems at scale
Good working knowledge of Python for Machine Learning including supervised and unsupervised methods and their applications
Extensive experience with ML Ops deploying solutions with large-scale impact
Self-driven and results-oriented with the ability to meet tight timelines
Strong team player with the ability to collaborate across geographies/time zones
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Targets needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team members core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually depending upon what your role team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

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Application deadline is : 11/30/2025

Required Experience:

Senior IC

The pay range is $95000.00 - $171000.00Pay is based on several factors which vary based on include labor markets and in some instancesmay include education work experience and addition to your pay Target cares about and invests in you as a team member so that you can take care of yourself and your...