Data Scientist: Building AI-Driven Retail Intelligence

Wesfarmers Limited; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Wesfarmers Limited in Melbourne seeks a Data Scientist to join Wesfarmers OneDigital and help build Australia’s leading data and digital retail ecosystem. You will drive data-driven solutions across the full lifecycle—from exploration to deployment—collaborating with stakeholders to apply ML, analytics and generative AI across the Wesfarmers group.

The role focuses on translating business challenges into analytical problems, performing EDA, designing experiments, and deploying AI solutions while

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in data science, analytics, or AI.
• Experience with statistical analysis and hypothesis testing.
• Familiarity with machine learning algorithms and data driven AI applications.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis and model development.
• Experience with Snowflake or other cloud data platforms.
• Experience with cloud ML platforms such as Vertex AI and GenAI tools.

Responsibilities

• Translate business challenges into analytical problems and develop data-driven solutions.
• Perform exploratory data analysis and generate actionable business insights.
• Design and execute A/B tests and other statistical experiments.
• Create clear visualisations and reports to communicate findings to non-technical audiences.
• Experiment, build and deploy machine learning and AI solutions.
• Evaluate ML/AI outputs for quality, cost, and safety.
• Monitor and maintain deployed solutions, ensuring reliability and performance.

Skills

Experience in data science

Statistical analysis

Non-technical communication

Hypothesis testing

Cloud platforms familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science / Stats / CS

Tools

Python

SQL

Snowflake

PowerBI

Vertex AI

GenAI Tools

LLM Evaluation

Job description

Wesfarmers Limited in Melbourne seeks a Data Scientist to join Wesfarmers OneDigital and help build Australia’s leading data and digital retail ecosystem. You will drive data-driven solutions across the full lifecycle—from exploration to deployment—collaborating with stakeholders to apply ML, analytics and generative AI across the Wesfarmers group.

The role focuses on translating business challenges into analytical problems, performing EDA, designing experiments, and deploying AI solutions while