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. 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.
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.
Pyramid Overview
A role with Target Data Science & Engineering means the chance to help develop and manage state of the art predictive algorithms that use data at scale to automate and optimize decisions at scale. Whether you join our Statistics, Optimization or Machine Learning teams, you’ll be challenged to harness Target’s impressive data breadth to build the algorithms that power solutions our partners in in Marketing, Supply Chain Optimization, Network Security and Personalization rely on.
Role Overview
As Principal Data Scientist, you will join a Data Sciences team responsible for creating highly personalised offers for our Guests. You will play crucial role in designing, implementing, and optimising highly scalable machine learning solutions in production. Also, we expect you to guide the ML talent in the team on both algorithms and engineering.
Requirements:
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10 + or more years of extensive experience in Machine Learning
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Architect performant ML solutions that are built to scale and adopt guiding principles of automation, efficiency and reusability.
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Drive creation of new standards and best practices with a focus on emerging technologies and author various project related documents and technical roadmaps.
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Work in partnership with data scientists, software engineers and product managers to understand the business requirements and translate them to machine learning solutions.
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Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in recommendations and AI research
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Self-driven and results oriented; able to meet tight timelines; Team player with ability to collaborate effectively across geographies.
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Mentor team members and partners on effective data science modelling and outcomes.
Preferred:
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MS or PhD in a quantitative field
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Experience with developing highly distributed ML systems and online recommendation systems.
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
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What We Do
Target is an American retailing company providing access to a wide selection of products such as furniture, electronics, toys, and more.
Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.
