Senior Data Scientist, Pricing & Reinforcement Learning

Walmart Global Tech; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Stock purchase plan

Paid maternity and parental leave

PTO

Job summary

Walmart Global Tech is seeking a Staff Data Scientist to design and deploy advanced pricing algorithms and ML models. You will collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, and business partners to solve pricing challenges at enterprise scale.

The role emphasizes causal inference, elasticity, and AI-driven decision support. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Data Science / Applied ML (or PhD + 5 years).
• Production-grade optimization models with measurable financial outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of pricing dynamics and elasticity.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy prescriptive ML models for pricing and markdown needs.
• Perform elasticity analysis across large data sets to guide pricing decisions.
• Own the end-to-end Price Recommendation lifecycle from scoping to evaluation.
• Develop pricing solutions using causal inference, RL, and deep learning techniques.

Skills

Python

Deep Learning

MLOps

Pytorch

Education

PhD/Masters in CS/Statistics/Analytics

Tools

Spark

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Job description

Walmart Global Tech is seeking a Staff Data Scientist to design and deploy advanced pricing algorithms and ML models. You will collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, and business partners to solve pricing challenges at enterprise scale.

The role emphasizes causal inference, elasticity, and AI-driven decision support. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.