Position Summary...

　　What you'll do...

　　 Walmart Global Tech is looking to hire a seasoned Principal Data Scientist for our Sunnyvale location. This individual will be responsible to develop scalable, accurate, and robust demand estimation models to predict the unconstrained customer demand across different product types and channels. This position would collaborate closely with the engineering, product, and business teams to deliver generalized, accurate, and scalable forecasting models that can serve across markets.

　　 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.

　　 What you'll do :

　　Developing feature extraction models and pipelines based on item-description or item images to build more accurate demand forecasting modelsBuilding scalable and accurate demand forecasting models leveraging variety of internal and external datasetsMentoring and providing technical guidance for less experienced data scientists in the team

　　 What you'll bring :

　　Expertise in building and deploying scalable demand forecasting models (MLOps on demand estimation)Knowledge and experience in troubleshooting and debugging forecasting models at scaleExperience in understanding how to model the demand drivers in retail industry

　　 About Walmart Global Tech :

　　Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We're a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world's 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.

　　 Flexible, hybrid work :

　　We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

　　 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 diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions - while being inclusive 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 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, 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 at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J .

　　The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00

　　Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.

　　Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

　　- Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location)

　　- Stock equity incentives

　　 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 5 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 7 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, PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Publications or active peer reviewer in related journals or conference, Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R, Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch)

　　 Primary Location...

　　840 W CALIFORNIA AVE, SUNNYVALE, CA 94086-4828, United States of America