Staff, Data Scientist

Walmart•Bellevue, WA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

A Staff data scientist would be expected to play an important role in developing and scaling data science solutions in order to achieve outstanding business outcomes for Marketplace. Working together with a team of data scientists and machine learning engineers to develop, implement, and test scalable solutions for marketing intelligence domain. Consult with business stakeholders across Marketplace functions regarding algorithm-based recommendations and be a thought-leader to develop these into business actions. Mentor junior members and Individually execute multiple projects at the same time. Manage the continuous improvement of data science and machine learning led initiatives by following industry best practices and staying up-to-date with the state-of-the-art in data science research. Excellent academic or industrial track record of proposing, conducting and reporting results of original research, plus collaborative research with publications.

Requirements

Very good knowledge of the foundations of machine learning and statistics with significant original contributions in practice.
Solid experience working with agentic, Gen AI, supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms on real-world problems.
Strong Python coding skills.
Proficiency in at least one other programming language such as Java/Scala.
Ability to work in a big data ecosystem - expert in SQL/Hive and ability to work with Spark.
Extensive experience building and deploying state-of-the-art models (classic ML and Deep learning).
Strong ability to understand the business.
Good stakeholder management capabilities.
Experience mentoring data scientists in developing ML solutions.

Nice To Haves

Experience in ecommerce domain.
Demonstrated success in data science platforms like Kaggle.
PhD with > 6 years of experience / Master’s degree with > 8 years of experience.
Educational qualifications preferably in Computer Science or a related area.
Experience relevant to the role.
Experience in creating inclusive digital experiences.
Knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards.
Knowledge of assistive technologies.
Knowledge of integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.
Knowledge of accessibility best practices.
Experience with open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch).
Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R.

Responsibilities

Developing and scaling data science solutions for business outcomes.
Developing, implementing, and testing scalable solutions for marketing intelligence.
Consulting with business stakeholders on algorithm-based recommendations.
Mentoring junior data scientists.
Individually executing multiple projects simultaneously.
Managing the continuous improvement of data science and machine learning initiatives.
Following industry best practices and staying up-to-date with data science research.

Benefits

Incentive awards for performance
401(k) match
Stock purchase plan
Paid maternity and parental leave
PTO
Multiple health plans
Competitive pay
Performance-based bonus awards
Medical coverage
Vision coverage
Dental coverage
Financial benefits
Company-paid life insurance
Family care leave
Bereavement leave
Jury duty leave
Voting leave
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
PTO and/or PPTO for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
Walmart-paid education benefit program (Live better U) for full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for programs ranging from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates.