Senior Data Scientist, Computer Vision

Walmart; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Walmart seeks a Senior Data Scientist to enhance personalized recommendations through advanced machine learning techniques. The role requires expertise in computer vision and collaboration with teams to drive innovation within the eCommerce sector. Qualified candidates will have an advanced degree in relevant fields and a passion for utilizing technology to improve customer experiences.

Benefits

401(k) match

Paid maternity and parental leave

Stock purchase plan

Multiple health plans

Paid time off (PTO)

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of industry or research experience in data science.
• Demonstrated expertise in image generation and understanding.
• Experience building image generation systems in production.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy deep learning models for image-based personalization.
• Build multimodal pipelines for product recommendations.
• Contribute to research on vision-language models and generative AI.

Skills

Deep learning for computer vision

Data science

Machine learning

Proficiency in Python

Multimodal models

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

OpenCV

Job description

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

We are looking for our next Senior Data Scientist to bring their experience and help us keep pushing forward as leaders of the next retail disruption!

About Team:
Our team works closely with our US stores and eCommerce business to better serve customers by empowering team members, stores, and merchants with technological innovation. From groceries and entertainment to sporting goods and crafts, Walmart U.S. offers an extensive selection that our customers value, whether they shop online at Walmart.com , through one of our mobile apps, or in-store. Focus areas include customers, stores and employees, in-store service, merchant tools, merchant data science, and search and personalization.
We are dedicated to creating the best-in-class suite of data products at the Personalization Team at Walmart. The Personalization team powers numerous end-to-end personalized recommendations by utilizing the state-of-the-art industrial tech.

What you'll do:

• Design, train, and deploy deep learning models for image-based personalization, including product discovery, visual recommendations, and generative image content.
• Build and scale foundation model pipelines that leverage multimodal signals — including text, images, and customer embeddings — to power highly personalized visual experiences.
• Lead innovation efforts on image generative modeling, including diffusion models, CNNs, or text-to-image synthesis aligned with retail context.
• Implement efficient image understanding models for visual similarity, visual search, or classification across Walmart's vast product catalog.
• Design model workflow that integrate with MLOps to optimize model performance and latency, especially for customer-facing features with visual components.
• Contribute to cutting-edge research and internal knowledge by publishing work or presenting findings on vision-language models, multimodal personalization, and generative AI for e-commerce.

What you'll bring:

• A Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field, with 2–4 years of industry or research experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in deep learning for computer vision, including CNNs, vision transformers (ViTs), and diffusion-based generative models.
• Experience building and deploying image generation, manipulation, or understanding systems in production — such as visual search, personalized image recommendations.
• Proficiency in Python and strong familiarity with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and image modeling libraries like OpenCV, torchvision, or Hugging Face.
• Familiarity with multimodal models (e.g., CLIP, BLIP, Flamingo) that combine vision and language for richer customer understanding and content personalization.
• Experience working with large-scale datasets, data pipelines, and distributed training.

About Walmart Global Tech:

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. Thats what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the worlds leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Walmarts culture is a competitive advantage, and its fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.
Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.

Benefits:
Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing belonging- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being welcoming of all people.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus 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, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .

Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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 .

The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

- Stock

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2- Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 1 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3 - 5 years' experience in an analytics or related field. Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Data science, machine learning, optimization models, Master’s degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R, Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch), We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture. Primary Location... 680 West California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4834, United States of America