Distinguished Data Scientist

Walmart

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Work type
On-site
Location
Bellevue, WA
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$156,000–$312,000 / yr
Posted
132 days ago
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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 825 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Distinguished Data Scientist

As a Distinguished, Data Scientist in the Marketplace data sciences team, you will drive innovative strategic solutions using advanced SOTA AI and ML at scale. You will develop advanced statistical, machine learning, and computational algorithms to derive data-driven insights for business initiatives. Your daily responsibilities include mentoring data scientists and analysts, gathering and synthesizing large analytics datasets, and communicating recommendations to global business partners. You will build and train AI/ML models, research content-improvement solutions using multilingual and multimodal foundation models, and identify complex business opportunities solvable with Computer Vision. Key technologies and skills include Python, Spark, Scala, R, and open-source frameworks like scikit-learn, tensorflow, and torch. You will also establish model evaluation standards and guide deployment via MLOps best practices to improve marketplace growth and operational efficiency.

What does a Data Scientist earn in Washington?

Median $212000 from 33 postings across 16 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop advanced statistical models, machine learning algorithms, and computational algorithms to drive business initiatives.
  • Build and train AI/ML models for replication and deploy data science solutions using MLOps best practices.
  • Research and develop innovative content-improvement solutions using multilingual and multimodal foundation models.
  • Mentor and guide a team of data scientists and analysts to drive marketplace growth and operational efficiency.
  • Identify complex business opportunities solvable with advanced ML/Computer Vision and prioritize those business cases.
  • Define success criteria, KPIs, and quantify the business impact of all deployed ML products.
  • Communicate data-derived insights and algorithmic recommendations to business partners to influence future plans.
  • Assess data validity and synthesize raw data into large analytics datasets to support project goals.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, IT, or related field with 6 years of analytics experience.
  • Master's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, IT, or related field with 4 years of analytics experience.
  • 8 years of experience in an analytics or related field.
  • Bachelor's with > 20 years, Masters > 17 years, or Ph.D. in Comp Science/Statistics/Mathematics with > 14 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience of acting as a tech lead for > 10 years.
  • Data science, machine learning, optimization models, PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, IT, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics (preferred).
  • Publications or active peer reviewer in related journals or conference (preferred).
  • Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R (preferred).

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