Lead Engineer - Ad Tech

Target is hiring a Lead Engineer - Ad Tech in Bangalore.

Responsibilities

As a Lead Engineer (Ad Tech & Applied AI), you will provide technical leadership across backend platforms and emerging AI-powered capabilities.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to help define the technology strategy for Ad Tech platforms, including DSP, SSP and Ad Servers, supporting self-service advertising needs. You will assess build-versus-buy decisions for new capabilities through POCs and prototypes while considering long-term architecture, scalability, reliability and operational trade-offs.

A key part of this role will be designing and building production-grade applications powered by Large Language Models and agentic systems from experimentation through production operation and continuous evaluation. We are looking for engineers who have moved beyond conversational AI prototypes and have experience engineering LLM-powered systems that operate reliably within real business workflows.

You will design architectures that combine deterministic software components with probabilistic AI capabilities, making deliberate decisions about where traditional code, rules and workflow engines should be used versus where LLM-driven reasoning and autonomous agents provide value.

You will lead engineering efforts to meet functional and non-functional requirements and assist teams in solving complex business challenges through scalable technical solutions.

You will work closely with engineering managers to build high-performing engineering teams and provide technical leadership, architecture guidance, coaching and mentoring. You will also participate in the selection of technical talent and contribute actively to Target’s broader technical community.

About Target

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. 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 different voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful. At