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Walmart

Sells groceries and essentials in stores and online

Principal Data Scientist

Data ScienceUpdated on Oct 29
Full-timeBentonville, AR, USA$144k - $220k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Master's degree or equivalent in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, plus 3 years of experience in analytics or related experience; or a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in one of those fields, plus 5 years of experience in analytics or related experience.
  • Experience implementing data science solutions in cloud environments using Google Cloud or Azure.
  • Experience coding in object-oriented languages including Python or C++.
  • Experience using statistical software such as R.
  • Experience using machine learning and deep learning frameworks including scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Keras.
  • Experience with computer vision tools ResNet50 and fast.ai for image segmentation and object detection.
  • Experience with big data technologies including BigQuery, Spark, Hive, and Hadoop, and data integration tools including Databricks, Snowflake, and Collibra.
  • Experience with feature engineering, extraction, and reduction techniques using Python or R.
  • Experience conducting exploratory data analysis with data warehouses using SQL; setting up ETL jobs with Glue, Knime, or Alteryx; and data visualization using Python, Tableau, Power BI, Matplotlib, Seaborn, ggplot, or Spotfire.
  • Experience implementing supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques, including K-means clustering, principal component analysis, hierarchical clustering, ARIMA, hierarchical linear modeling, and gradient boosting using Python or R; operational research solutions with PuLP or CPLEX; optimization and neural networks; natural language processing with gensim or BERT; and time-series forecasting solutions with DeepAR using Python or R.
  • Experience identifying model evaluation metrics and applying suitable model testing and tuning techniques to assess accuracy, fit, validity, and robustness using advanced statistics.
  • Experience translating business problems into production-grade, scalable data science solutions using MLflow, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze business problems within the discipline, question assumptions, and help identify root causes.
  • Identify and recommend approaches to resolve business problems with effective technology-focused solutions.
  • Set deliverables based on established success criteria and define key metrics to measure solution progress and effectiveness; quantify business impact.
  • Evaluate proposed business cases for projects and initiatives.
  • Translate business requirements into strategies, initiatives, and projects aligned with business objectives, and drive execution of deliverables.
  • Build and articulate business cases and return on investment, delivering work with demonstrable value.
  • Challenge business assumptions related to domain expertise.
  • Mentor team members on new business insights and related developments.
  • Engage with the external community to build Walmart's brand and learn industry practices.
  • Understand the priority order of requirements and service-level agreements.
  • Define and identify suitable data sources for required data, including external sources as needed.
  • Perform initial data quality checks on extracted data.
  • Review junior associates' deliverables and provide guidance on data sources and quality.
  • Select modeling techniques for complex problems involving large-scale structured and unstructured data sets.
  • Select and iteratively develop variables and features based on model responses in collaboration with the business.
  • Conduct exploratory data analysis on available data.
  • Identify experiment dimensions and designs, and create test-and-learn frameworks.
  • Interpret data to identify trends across future data sets.
  • Create continuous, online model learning and iteratively enhance models.
  • Develop techniques using current machine learning and artificial intelligence trends to train algorithms to apply models to new data sets.

About the Company

Walmart

Sells groceries and essentials in stores and online

Walmart sells groceries, household essentials, clothing, and electronics through stores and online marketplaces for consumers around the world. Its everyday low price model combines large purchasing volumes with distribution networks that move goods to stores and customer homes. Shoppers can browse online, collect orders at a nearby store, or request delivery, while third-party merchants use its marketplace and fulfillment services to reach customers. The group earns revenue from merchandise sales, memberships, advertising, and services, and also operates pharmacies, optical centers, and digital payments businesses. Walmart opened its first discount store in 1962 and is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Bentonville, AR
Founded
1962

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