Principal AI/ML Leader - Retail & E-commerce Innovation

Walmart Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Walmart Inc. is seeking a Principal Data Scientist in Sunnyvale to provide technical leadership and drive the strategy, architecture, and development of advanced AI/ML solutions for retail and e-commerce challenges.

The role leads innovation across Machine Learning, Deep Learning, GenAI, and Agentic AI, mentors data scientists, and partners with Data Science, Engineering, Product, and Business teams to deliver measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• Role requires advanced data science skills with leadership in ML/AI strategies.
• Strong experience building scalable production ML/AI systems.
• Experience mentoring teams and translating business problems into AI/ML solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy, architecture, and development of AI/ML solutions for retail and e-commerce.
• Drive innovation across ML, DL, GenAI, and Agentic AI at scale.
• Design and productionize scalable ML/AI solutions with robust lifecycle management.
• Provide technical leadership across Data Science, Engineering, Product, and Business teams.

Skills

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

GenAI

Agentic AI

NLP

Computer Vision

MLOps

Python

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/Ph.D. in CS/Statistics/Mathematics or related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Walmart Inc. is seeking a Principal Data Scientist in Sunnyvale to provide technical leadership and drive the strategy, architecture, and development of advanced AI/ML solutions for retail and e-commerce challenges.

The role leads innovation across Machine Learning, Deep Learning, GenAI, and Agentic AI, mentors data scientists, and partners with Data Science, Engineering, Product, and Business teams to deliver measurable business impact.