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What you'll do...
Role summary:The Staff Data Scientist provides technical leadership for large-scale Search and Personalization initiatives, driving the design and deployment of advanced AI solutions across multiple products. This role influences technical strategy, mentors senior scientists, and partners across engineering and product organizations to deliver scalable machine learning systems that improve customer discovery and business outcomes.
About the team:
The Applied AI Search & Personalization team develops scalable AI systems that transform how millions of customers discover products. We build intelligent retrieval, ranking, recommendation, and personalization models while leveraging Generative AI to create next-generation shopping experiences.
What you'll do:
- Lead architecture and technical direction for Search and Personalization machine learning systems.
- Design scalable retrieval, ranking, recommendation, and personalization algorithms.
- Drive adoption of Generative AI, Large Language Models, embeddings, and semantic search capabilities.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives involving Product, Engineering, Platform, and Data Science teams.
- Establish experimentation frameworks and best practices for model development and evaluation.
- Mentor senior scientists and review technical designs across multiple initiatives.
- Influence long-term AI strategy and technology investments.
- Drive measurable improvements in customer engagement, search relevance, and business metrics.
What you'll bring:
- Extensive experience building production AI/ML systems at scale.
- Deep expertise in Search, Information Retrieval, Recommendation Systems, Personalization, or Ranking.
- Experience with transformer models, embeddings, vector search, LLMs, or Generative AI applications.
- Strong understanding of ML system architecture, MLOps, and distributed model deployment.
- Expertise in experimentation, causal inference, and performance evaluation.
- Excellent technical leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- Proven ability to influence architecture and mentor technical teams across organizations.
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 $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 4 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 2 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 6 years' experience in an analytics or related fieldPreferred 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, PhD 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...
1395 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of AmericaWalmart 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.Learn more about this Employer on their Career Site
