Applied Data Scientist - Search Ranking (Applied ML, LLMs, NLP)

Target is a leading retail company focused on helping families discover joy in everyday life. They are seeking an Applied Data Scientist to develop and manage predictive algorithms, optimize decisions, and collaborate within the Data Sciences team to implement solutions that enhance Target's operations.

Responsibilities:

• Influence by interacting within the Data Sciences team
• Perform within the scale and scope of your role by implementing solutions
• Contribute to Data Sciences’ and Target’s culture by modeling the culture
• Perform data exploration and analysis (look at distributions, find anomalies, create simple visualizations, etc.)
• Implement algorithmic solution given specifications, while adhering to best practices in model development
• Understand and actively follow foundational programming principles (best practices, know about unit tests, code organization, basics of CI/CD etc.)
• Create a well-maintainable & tested codebase with relevant documentation
• Develop in one or more approved programming languages (Java, Scala, Python, R)
• Learn and adhere to best practices in data analysis and data understanding
• Implement prototypes for individual components of software or data science solutions
• Understand and leverage basic data structures and algorithms in implementing solutions
• Gain knowledge of high-level Target business priorities, strategic goals and their impact
• Collaborate with peers on their product and document and present work to peers
• Participate in code reviews and gain broader understanding of different components within the application