Senior, Data Scientist

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

International Data Science team at Walmart Global Tech is focused on using the latest research in machine learning, statistics and optimization to solve business problems in assortment, pricing, sourcing, customer, supply chain, and replenishment areas for multiple countries within Walmart’s global operations.

We mine data, distill insights, extract information, build analytical models, deploy Machine Learning algorithms, and use the latest algorithms and technology to empower business decision-making.

We work with engineers to build reference architectures and machine learning pipelines in a big data ecosystem to productize our solutions.

Advanced analytical algorithms driven by our team will help Walmart to optimize business operations, business practices and change the way our customers shop.

The data science community at Walmart Global Tech is active in most of the Hack events, utilizing the petabytes of data at our disposal, to build some of the coolest ideas.

All the work we do at Walmart Labs will eventually benefit our operations & our associates, helping Customers Save Money to Live Better.

About Team :

Our team collaborates with Walmart International, which has over 5,900 retail units operating outside of the United States under 55 banners in 26 countries including Africa, Argentina, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India, Japan, and Mexico, to name a few.

What you'll do :

• Drive data-derived insights across the wide range of retail divisions by developing advanced statistical models, machine learning algorithms and computational algorithms based on business initiatives.
• Direct the gathering of data, assessing data validity and synthesizing data into large analytics datasets to support project goals.
• Utilize big data analytics and advanced data science techniques to identify trends, patterns, and discrepancies in data.

Determine additional data needed to support insights.

• Build and train machine learning algorithms for replication for future projects.
• Communicate recommendations to business partners and influencing future plans based on insights
• Play a key role to solve complex problems, pivotal to Walmart’s business and drive actionable insights from petabytes of data.
• Utilize product mindset to build, scale and deploy holistic data science products after successful prototyping.
• Demonstrate incremental solution approach with agile and flexible ability to overcome practical problems.
• Lead small teams and participate in data science project teams by serving as the technical lead for project.
• Partner with senior team members to assess customer needs and define business questions.
• Clearly articulate and present recommendations to business partners, and influence future plans based on insights.
• Partner and engage with associates in other regions for delivering best services to the customers around the globe.
• Work with customer centric mindset to deliver high quality business driven analytic solution.
• Mentor peers and analysts across the division in analytical best practices.
• Drive innovation in approach, method, practices, process, outcome, delivery, or any component of end-to-end problem solving.

What you'll bring :

• Bachelor's with 7 years of relevant experience OR Masters with 5 years of relevant experience OR PHD in Comp Science / Statistics / Mathematics with 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in sourcing, procurement, marketplace or supplier analytics area in retail.
• Experience in developing and deploying GenAI based solutions at scale.
• Experience in Analyzing the Complex Problems and translate it into data science algorithms.
• Embedding generation from training materials, storage and retrieval from Vector Databases, set-up and provisioning of managed LLM gateways, development of Retrieval augmented generation based LLM agents, model selection, iterative prompt engineering and finetuning based on accuracy and user-feedback, monitoring and governance.
• Experience in machine learning, supervised and unsupervised : NLP, Classification, Data / Text Mining, Multi-modal supervised and unsupervised models, Neural Networks, Deep Learning Algorithms
• Experience with big data analytics - identifying trends, patterns, and outliers in large volumes of data.
• Lead role mentoring multiple Jr. Analysts on approach and results.
• Strong Experience in Python, PySpark.
• Experience in deep learning and worked in TensorFlow and Torch.
• Experience in Google Cloud platform, Vertex AI, Kubeflow, model deployment and MLOPs.
• Domain Knowledge of one or more divisions in Retail.
• Published papers or given talks in leading academic and research journals.
• Published papers or given talks in Data Science Forums.
• Hold data science related patents.

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech.

We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption.

People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow.

We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career.

Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, hybrid work :

We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs.

This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits :

Benefits : Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer :

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them.

That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being inclusive of all people.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.

Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.

Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.

Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

You will also receive PTO and / or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment.

It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

For information about PTO, see .

Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.

Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates.

Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see .

The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00-$216,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

Stock

Minimum Qualifications...

Option 1- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field.

Option 2- Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 1 years' experience in an analytics related field.

Option 3 - 5 years' experience in an analytics or related field.

Preferred Qualifications...

Data science, machine learning, optimization models, Master’s degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R, Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch), We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.

2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location...

10500 Ne 8Th St, Bellevue, WA 98004, United States of America