(USA) Senior, Data Scientist

Walmart

Actively hiring
Bentonville, AR · Bellevue, WA Posted 15 days ago $90,000$180,000 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Senior Data Scientist in the growth tech space, you will join a dynamic team at the intersection of software engineering, data science, and AI systems to build intelligent automation platforms. Your role involves partnering with business, product, and engineering teams to understand complex problems and rapidly prototype, design, implement, test, evaluate, deploy, and improve production-grade software solutions using agentic coding tools like MCP, A2A, and ADK. You will contribute to agent evaluation frameworks, ensure operational excellence in AI-driven systems, and foster knowledge sharing across the organization. Ideal candidates have expertise in agentic coding frameworks, experience with structured data and workflows, and a strong ability to work in ambiguous problem spaces while delivering practical outcomes.

Skills

MCP A2A ADK Python PostgreSQL Docker CI/CD Prometheus Grafana Kubernetes AWS Terraform Git Jenkins

What you'll do

  • Design and implement software solutions that address complex business and technical challenges.
  • Develop prototypes using agentic coding tools like MCP, A2A, and ADK to accelerate solution development.
  • Contribute to agent evaluation frameworks for measuring system quality and reliability in real-world scenarios.
  • Enhance AI-driven systems with observability features for debugging and traceability.
  • Improve multi-agent workflows through coordination, delegation, and dynamic task execution.
  • Shape practices for developing AI-native applications within the organization.

What we're looking for

  • Expertise in agentic coding tools and frameworks for building production systems.
  • Experience with structured data, workflows, and technical tools to create scalable solutions.
  • Ability to work across teams to translate business needs into practical software outcomes.
  • Strong ownership mindset focused on continuous improvement of AI-driven systems.
  • Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces with evolving requirements.
  • Expertise in agent workflows, orchestration layers, and evaluation processes (preferred).
  • Familiarity with protocol-driven systems like MCP or similar abstractions (preferred).

Market check

Salary context

This $90,000–$180,000 range sits above 32% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$110,000$220,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$126,800$188,875

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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