(USA) Senior Manager, Data Science

Walmart

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(Usa) Together Building Ar Bentonville Home Office, US Posted 98 days ago $110,000–$220,000 / year
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TL;DR

As a Senior Manager, Data Science at Walmart's Last Mile team, you will serve as the Technical Lead for an innovative project focused on building an autonomous Recommendation Agent to proactively resolve delivery issues. Your role involves architecting the system strategy by integrating anomaly detection, causal inference, and forecasting into a cohesive framework while ensuring high code quality through rigorous reviews and adherence to strict Git management workflows. You will also drive technical mentorship, elevate team engineering maturity, and implement ML monitoring frameworks for real-time performance tracking. Essential skills include expert-level proficiency in Python and SQL, strong experience with PySpark, advanced knowledge of causal inference, and the ability to write comprehensive unit and integration tests. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead one of Walmart’s most ambitious supply chain initiatives, impacting millions of customers daily.

Skills

Python PySpark SQL Git pytest unit tests integration tests ML Monitoring Causal Inference Forecasting Anomaly Detection CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Azure GCP

What you'll do

  • Architect the end-to-end framework for the proactive recommendation system.
  • Lead code reviews and enforce strict Git management workflows and testing standards.
  • Design ML monitoring frameworks to track model performance and data drift in real-time.
  • Mentor senior data scientists, elevating their engineering maturity and methodology skills.
  • Drive application of Causal AI to understand root causes of failures beyond simple correlations.

What we're looking for

  • Expert-level fluency in Python and SQL with strong hands-on experience in PySpark.
  • Advanced proficiency in Git management, including version control workflows and code reviews.
  • Deep knowledge of causal inference, forecasting, and anomaly detection methods.
  • Experience implementing ML monitoring solutions to detect data drift and model decay.
  • Technical leadership in defining system architecture and setting engineering standards for a team.
  • Hands-on development skills with Python and PySpark for complex components of recommendation engines.

Market check

Salary context

This $110,000–$220,000 range sits above 56% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$112,020–$220,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$141,300–$211,200

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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