Senior Data Scientist - AI/ML & LLMs Specialist

Walmart; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Walmart seeks a Senior Data Scientist in Bentonville, AR to design, build, and deploy ML and agentic AI solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. You will partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to translate ambiguous problems into scalable data products, using modern ML techniques and agentic patterns.

You will own end-to-end model development—from data exploration and feature engineering to productionization, monitoring, and retraining—while promoting responsible

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field and several years of analytics experience.
• Strong background in data science, ML, and optimization models.
• Experience with open-source ML frameworks and large language models is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy ML and agentic AI solutions that drive business outcomes.
• Partner with product, engineering, and business teams to translate problems into data products.
• Develop end-to-end models from data exploration to monitoring and retraining.
• Mentor peers and influence technical direction across teams.

Skills

Data science

ML/AI

Analytics

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

5 years' experience in analytics or related field

Tools

Python

Spark

R

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

Job description

Walmart seeks a Senior Data Scientist in Bentonville, AR to design, build, and deploy ML and agentic AI solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. You will partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to translate ambiguous problems into scalable data products, using modern ML techniques and agentic patterns.

You will own end-to-end model development—from data exploration and feature engineering to productionization, monitoring, and retraining—while promoting responsible