Senior AI Engineer
Job Location:
Minneapolis, MN - USA
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Job Summary
Impact
As a Senior AI Engineer on the AI Platform team you will design build and scale AI infrastructure and tooling that empowers data scientists engineers and product teams across Shipt to bring AI first products and features to our customers.This is a highly impactful position where youll shape the foundations of our AI capabilities and help accelerate innovation across the this role you will develop internal tooling and libraries using AI tools and frameworks create integrations with LLM gateways agent frameworks and structured output * systems to improve AI-powered applications and contribute to the design of scalable infrastructure for large-scale data processing and model serving. You will partner closely with engineers and data scientists and collaborate with product and operations teams to delivery AI capabilities that power real-world logistics retail and customer experiences.
What Youll Need to Be Successful
Strong proficiency in Python with experience across modern AI/ML ecosystems.
Hands-on experience building with AI development tools such as MCP servers/clients PydanticAI LangGraph LiteLLM or similar AI platforms or tools.
Background in developing infrastructure and tooling that supports engineering and data science teams.
Experience with observability and monitoring systems for ML (e.g. MLflow Weights & Biases or similar).
Solid understanding of the data science workflow from data ingestion and feature engineering to experimentation deployment and monitoring.
Experience with cloud environments (AWS GCP or Azure) and containerized development (Docker Kubernetes).
Have an AI first mindset and passion with curiosity to learn and leverage AI in all aspects of your work.
Strong collaboration skills and a passion for building platforms that enable others to do their best work.
Pay Range: $134000 - $180000
Please note that the salary range above is a guideline and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications skill level competencies and work location.
Skills & Education
This list includes key skills used in this job but is not inclusive of all skills needed for the role. Please see any required education below.
AI Platforms Large Language Models (LLMs) Machine Learning (ML) Platform EngineeringBachelors Degree or equivalent experience Required
Work Arrangement
To foster connection while offering continued flexibility hybrid team members have the following in-office expectations:
Hybrid roles in Birmingham AL typically work in-office at least 2 days per week with core in-office days on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Hybrid roles in Minneapolis MN typically work in-office at least 1 day per week on either Tuesday Wednesday or Thursday.
Hybrid roles in San Francisco CA typically work in-office at least 1 day per week between Monday and Thursday.
Certain roles may require in-office presence on a full-time basis. Please work with your recruiter to learn more about the classification of this role.
About Shipt
Shipt is a retail tech company that connects people to reliable high-quality delivery with a personal touch. Shipt connects customers to the things they want from the stores they love retail businesses to more satisfied customers and workers to new earning opportunities.
At Shipt we aim to put our team first to boost a sense of belonging spark opportunities for growth provide unique benefits and commit to giving back to our communities in ways that make life better both personally and professionally. We understand that our service our culture and our connection to our communities are only made better by every single person who shows up to work here every day. Learn More.
Shipt is an independently operated wholly owned subsidiary of Target Corporation and available in more than 5000 U.S. cities. Shipt was founded and is headquartered in Birmingham Alabama. For more information please visit Shipts company site at .
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin ethnicity religion or religious belief sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression transgender status sexual stereotypes age military or veteran status disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Employees (and eligible family members) are covered by medical dental vision and more. Employees may enroll in our companys 401k plan. Employees will also be eligible to receive discretionary vacation for exempt team members paid holidays throughout the calendar year and paid sick leave. Other compensation includes eligibility for an annual bonus and the potential for restricted stock units based on role.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Shipt is an American delivery service owned by Target Corporation. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. In December 2017 it was announced that Target Corporation was acquiring Shipt for $550 million and that it would operate as an independent subsidiary following the acquisitio ... View more
