(USA) Staff, Data Scientist

Wal-Mart•Bentonville, AR

54d•$110,000 - $286,000

About The Position

At Walmart eCommerce we connect customers with the right products at the best price. As part of the Fortune #1 enterprise, your contributions will be visible to millions who rely on our online marketplace. We're living in a transformative era where breakthroughs in AI are reshaping how people interact with technology every day. If you're passionate about applying cutting-edge machine learning to solve real-world problems at scale and create meaningful impact for millions of customers, then look no further - our team will find the way to meet your passion!

Requirements

MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field.
A passion for and proven track record of building and deploying accurate, impactful, and efficient ML systems.
Experience with sequence-to-sequence modeling using Transformers or LLMs, ideally for multilingual and/or speech applications.
Proficiency with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
Fluency in English and in either Hindi or Mandarin.
End-to-end ownership of ML systems, from research and prototyping to experimentation and deployment, and enthusiasm to mentor others in the process.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and evaluation of machine learning systems for translation, localization, contextualization and personalization.
Drive applied research in NLP and multilingual AI, with opportunities to publish or patent your work.
Build scalable data pipelines for real-time and batch multilingual experience use-cases, ensuring robustness, performance, and data quality.
Partner with product and business stakeholders to understand business needs, define technical roadmaps, and own the end-to-end lifecycle of data-driven solutions from ideation to deployment.

Benefits

competitive pay
performance-based bonus awards
medical, vision and dental coverage
401(k)
stock purchase
company-paid life insurance
PTO (including sick leave)
parental leave
family care leave
bereavement
jury duty
voting
short-term and long-term disability
company discounts
Military Leave Pay
adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
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.