Senior Data Scientist

The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In 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 selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

JOIN US AS A SR DATA SCIENTIST – STORE AND PROPERTIES

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 with Target Data Sciences 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 Marketing, Supply Chain Optimization, Network Security and Personalization rely on.    

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

Pyramid Overview:

A role with Target Data Science and 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 Marketing, Supply Chain Optimization, Network Security and Personalization rely on.
 

Team Overview:
Our Stores Data Science team oversees the development of state-of-the-art mathematical techniques to solve key problems for Target’s Stores, such as identifying optimal tasks prioritizing work and sequence work for our teams to meet the dynamic guest demands.  The team leverage machine learning, operations research and simulation to help design the future of how our stores work.
 

Position Overview:

As a Sr Data Scientist, you will collaborate with Product, Tech, and business partners to solve retail challenges at scale within our stores. You will design, develop, deploy, and maintain data science models and tools. You’ll work closely with applied data scientists, data analysts, and business partners to continuously learn and address evolving business needs. You’ll also collaborate with engineers and data scientists on peer teams to build and stores solutions.

• Develop a strong understanding of business and operational processes within Target’s Stores.
• Gain an in-depth understanding of systems and processes influencing Stores efficiency.
• Analyze large datasets to derive insights for business process improvements and solution development.
• Develop optimization-based solutions, mathematical models (probabilistic/deterministic models), predictive models, and implement them in real-world production systems with measurable impact.
• Collaborate with the team to build and maintain complex software systems and tools.
• Add new capabilities and features to the simulation framework to reflect the complexities of an evolving Stores operating model.
• Develop and deploy modules to run simulations for testing and validating multiple scenarios to evaluate the impact of various inventory purchasing and management strategies.
• Enhance and maintain the simulation environment to enable testing/deploying new features for running custom scenarios.
• Coordinate the analysis, troubleshooting, and resolution of issues in models and software.

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

About You

• MS/PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Physics, Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years of professional experience in mathematical and statistical concepts, optimization, data structures, algorithms, data analysis, simulations and visualizations applied to business problems
• Strong analytical thinking and data visualization skills. Ability to creatively solve business problems and innovate new approaches
• Experience cleaning, transforming, and analyzing large datasets for insights leading to business improvements.
• Experience developing, testing, and maintaining large codebases in a collaborative environment while meeting industry best practices.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Python, SQL, Hadoop/Hive and Spark
• Experience in JVM-based languages like Java or Kotlin preferred
• Good working knowledge of machine learning, probability estimation methods, linear programming (integer, real, and mixed integer), stochastic processes, and their applications
• Experience deploying solutions in ML Ops with large-scale business impacts
• 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 Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s 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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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [email protected] deadline is : 09/29/2025