This role pays more than
57%
of similar roles. Most pay
$126,800–$193,125
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$165k
versus about
$160k
for comparable roles.
Based on 239 similar postings.
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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
184 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$117,000–$234,000
across 180 roles with salary data.
(USA) Principal, Data Scientist will join the Scintilla team to solve complex retail problems through rigorous analytics, machine learning modeling, experimentation, and causal inference. This role involves transforming extensive data into actionable insights for merchant and supplier outcomes while collaborating with agentic AI teams to build measurement frameworks and decision-ready tools. The candidate will translate ambiguous business questions into testable hypotheses, develop predictive models, and design experiments such as A/B tests and uplift modeling. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Python, experience with production-quality data science solutions, and familiarity with emerging agentic AI architectures and evaluation patterns. The role also involves mentoring team members on coding, visualization, and analytical storytelling to solve problems related to recommendations, forecasting, and market research within the retail ecosystem.
What does a Data Scientist earn?
Median $162025 from 276 postings across 61 companies.
LLM
Agentic Workflows
Python
SQL
Spark
Scala
R
scikit learn
TensorFlow
Data Engineering
Machine Learning
System Design
Evaluation Frameworks
Data Governance
WCAG) 2.2 AA