Distinguished, Data Scientist

Walmart

Actively hiring
(Usa) Sunnyvale Tech Corners Ca Sunnyvale Home Office, US Posted 120 days ago $169,000–$338,000 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Distinguished Data Scientist on the eCommerce Search AI team, you will lead the development of next-generation search experiences using neural search, Generative AI, and agentic systems to enhance customer interactions. Your responsibilities include architecting scalable infrastructure for advanced ML techniques like deep retrieval models and LLM-powered intent understanding, ensuring these systems meet high standards for performance and reliability in production. You will collaborate with Search, Ads, Personalization, and Catalog teams to align technical strategies across discovery surfaces, mentor senior engineers, and promote best practices in AI governance and experimentation. Essential skills include expertise in search and ranking systems, neural architectures, LLMs, and agentic AI techniques, along with strong programming proficiency in Python and SQL, and experience with ML frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.

Skills

Python SQL LLMs Generative AI Agentic AI Neural Search Information Retrieval Ranking Systems ML Frameworks Cloud-Native Infrastructure Distributed Systems CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Lead the design of scalable Search infrastructure using neural search and Generative AI.
  • Drive adoption of deep retrieval models and LLM-powered intent understanding techniques.
  • Ensure production systems meet high standards for performance, latency, reliability.
  • Mentor senior engineers and data scientists in best practices and AI governance.
  • Champion innovation and responsibility while staying ahead of emerging trends.

What we're looking for

  • Deep expertise in search, information retrieval, and ranking systems at scale
  • Experience applying LLMs and agentic AI techniques to production systems
  • Strong programming proficiency with Python and ML frameworks
  • Proven ability to translate technical solutions into business impact
  • Demonstrated experience building and operating large-scale search or AI systems

Market check

Salary context

This $169,000–$338,000 range sits above 98% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$99,000–$212,850

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$126,800–$182,200

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Walmart

Walmart Inc. is the world''s largest retailer by revenue, operating a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, as well as a growing e-commerce presence through Walmart.com. Industry: General Merchandise & Grocery Retail

Walmart currently has 495 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 487 roles with salary data.

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