Principal, Data Scientist

Walmart

Actively hiring
(Usa) Bentonville Global Tech Ar Bentonville Home Office, US Posted 72 days ago $110,000–$220,000 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Principal Data Scientist at Walmart Global Tech’s Associate AI Experiences team, you will architect and deploy end-to-end machine learning systems, including autonomous AI agents that enhance associate efficiency across various global operations. Your daily tasks include building data pipelines, feature stores, model training, serving layers, monitoring, and feedback loops using advanced technologies like LangChain, Pydantic AI, and RAG patterns. You must have deep expertise in ML algorithms, NLP models (BERT/SBERT), computer vision frameworks (YOLO, CLIP), time-series forecasting techniques, and multi-cloud platforms such as AWS SageMaker and GCP Vertex AI. Additionally, you will mentor team members and present insights to senior leadership, ensuring that your work drives significant business value at enterprise scale.

Skills

Python Pandas NumPy scikit-learn Docker MLOps AWS SageMaker GCP Vertex AI BigQuery BigQuery ML XGBoost CatBoost LightGBM Random Forest AutoML PyTorch Transformer architectures BERT SBERT FAISS RAG LangChain YOLO CLIP ARIMA Prophet CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Architect end-to-end ML systems including data pipelines and production deployment.
  • Build and deploy autonomous AI agents using LangChain, Pydantic AI, and RAG patterns.
  • Design evaluation frameworks to benchmark agent performance across various metrics.
  • Deploy NLP pipelines at enterprise scale for semantic similarity analysis.
  • Engineer real-time computer vision systems with multi-GPU training optimization.

What we're looking for

  • Architect end-to-end ML systems including feature engineering and production deployment.
  • Experience building and deploying multiple autonomous AI agents in real-world applications.
  • Proficiency in advanced ML algorithms, deep learning frameworks, and NLP technologies.
  • Hands-on experience with multi-cloud ML platforms like AWS SageMaker and GCP Vertex AI.
  • Strong Python skills and expertise in containerization and MLOps practices.
  • Advanced knowledge of statistical analysis and ability to communicate complex insights clearly.

Market check

Salary context

This $110,000–$220,000 range sits above 58% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$110,000–$220,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$133,750–$198,000

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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