Principal, Data Scientist

StartupNWA; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 144,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Vision and dental coverage

401(k)

Stock purchase plan

Company-paid life insurance

Paid time off

Education assistance with 100% college

Job summary

Walmart is seeking a Principal Data Scientist in Bentonville, AR to lead analytics, big data analytics, and automation initiatives. You will translate business needs into scalable data science solutions, mentor teams, and drive measurable ROI across domains.

The role requires a Master’s degree with 3 years of analytics experience or a Bachelor’s with 5 years, plus strong ML/DL, cloud, and big data tooling expertise.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in a quantitative field plus 3 years analytics experience or Bachelor's plus 5 years.
• Proven experience implementing data science solutions on cloud platforms.
• Strong programming in Python, R, and SQL with ML/DL tooling.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into data science projects aligned with strategy.
• Develop scalable ML/AI models and validate them with rigorous testing.
• Mentor junior team members and assess data sources and quality.
• Communicate insights to stakeholders and quantify business impact.

Skills

Python

SQL

R

Google Cloud

Azure

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

NLP

Computer Vision

Statistical Modeling

Optimization

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Master's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, CS, IT

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, CS, IT

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Keras

BigQuery

Spark

Hive

Hadoop

Databricks

Snowflake

Tableau

PowerBI

Matplotlib

Seaborn

Gensim

BERT

PuLP

CPLEX

MLflow

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

What you'll do...

Position: Principal, Data Scientist

Job Location: 811 Excellence Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716

Duties: Tech. Problem Formulation: Analytics/big data analytics / automation techniques and methods; Business understanding; Precedence and use cases; Business requirements and insights. To analyze the business problem within one's discipline and questions assumptions to help the business identify the root cause. Identify and recommend approach to resolve the business problem to create effective technology focused solutions. Set relevant deliverables based on the established success criteria and define key metrics to measure progress and effectiveness of the solution. Quantify business impact. Understanding Business Context: Industry and environmental factors; Common business vernacular; Business practices across two or more domains such as product, finance, marketing, sales, technology, business systems, and human resources and in-depth knowledge of related practices; Directly relevant business metrics and business areas. To evaluate proposed business cases for projects and initiatives. Translate business requirements into strategies, initiatives, and projects and aligns them to business strategy and objectives, and drives the execution of deliverables. Build and articulate the business case and return on investment and delivers work that has demonstrable value. Challenge business assumptions on topics related to one's domain expertise. Mentor the team members on new business insights and allied developments. Proactively engage in the external community to build Walmart's brand and learn more about industry practices. Data Source Identification: Functional business domain and scenarios; Categories of data and where it is held; Business data requirements; Database technologies and distributed datastores (e.g. SQL, NoSQL); Data Quality; Existing business systems and processes, including the key drivers and measures of success. To understand the priority order of requirements and service level agreements. Define and identify the most suitable sources for required data that is fit for purpose, referring to external sources as required. Perform initial data quality checks on the extracted data. Review the deliverables of junior associates and provides guidance on data source and quality. Analytical Modeling: feature relevance and selection; Exploratory data analysis methods and techniques; Advanced statistical methods and best-practice advanced modelling techniques (e.g., graphical models, Bayesian inference, basic level of NLP, Vision, neural networks, SVM, Random Forest etc.); Multivariate calculus; Statistical models behind standard ML models; Advanced excel techniques and Programming languages like R/Python; Basic classical optimization techniques (e.g., Newton-Rapson methods, Gradient descent); Numerical methods of optimization (e.g. Linear Programming, Integer Programming, Quadratic Programming, etc.) To select appropriate modeling techniques for complex problems with large scale, multiple structured and unstructured data sets. Select and develop variables and features iteratively based on model responses in collaboration with the business. Conducts exploratory data analysis activities on available data. Identify dimensions and designs of experiments and create test and learn frameworks. Interpret data to identify trends to go across future data sets. Create continuous, online model learning along with iterative model enhancements. Develop newer techniques by leveraging the latest trends in machine learning, artificial intelligence to train algorithms to apply models to new data sets.

Minimum education and experience required: Master’s degree or the equivalent in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field plus 3 years of experience in analytics or related experience; OR Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field plus 5 years of experience in analytics or related experience.

Skills Required: Must have experience with: Implement data science solutions on Cloud environments :Google Cloud, Azure; Coding in object-oriented language :Python, C++, Use statistical software :R; Use ML and Deep learning frameworks :Scikitlearn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras; Computer Vision:ResNet50,fast.ai for image segmentation and object detection; Big Data technologies :BigQuery, Spark, Hive, Hadoop for Data Integration: Databricks, Snowflake, Collibra; Feature engineering, extraction, reduction techniques using Python, R; Exploratory data analysis with data warehouses via database querying language :SQL, setting up ETL jobs with Glue, Knime, Alteryx, Data Visualization using Python, Tableau, PowerBI, Matplotlib, Seaborn, ggplot, Spotfire for insights to stakeholders; Implement supervised and unsupervised ML techniques: K-means clustering,Principal Component Analysis,Hierarchical Clustering,ARIMA,Hierarchical linear modeling and Gradient Boosting on Python,R, operational research solutions with optimization libraries (PuLP,CPlex), optimization and neural nets,natural language processing with gensim,BERT, deploy time series forecasting solutions with ML techniques like DeepAR on Python and R; Identify model evaluation metrics and apply best techniques for model testing and tuning to assess accuracy, fit, validity, robustness using advanced statistics; Translate business problems into production grade scalable data science solutions with; MLflow,Docker,Kubernetes implementation generating actionable insights. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.

Rate of pay: $144,040.00 - 220,000.00/year. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.

Benefits: At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, education assistance with 100% company paid college degrees, company discounts, military service pay, adoption expense reimbursement, and more.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.com.

Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.