(usa) Staff, Data Scientist

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Sunnyvale, CA

Staff Data Scientist to lead a team in developing and deploying machine learning and reinforcement learning models for driver search and matching within Walmart's Spark Driver Platform. Focus on improving platform efficiency, profitability, and driver experience through AI-driven solutions.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead a team of applied scientists in developing innovative AI-driven solutions.
  2. Research and implement state-of-the-art machine learning techniques, including reinforcement learning and deep learning.
  3. Collaborate cross-functionally with business, product, and engineering stakeholders to ensure AI solutions align with Walmart’s strategic objectives.
  4. Design and optimize machine learning pipelines to ensure scalability, efficiency, and real-time processing capabilities.
  5. Build and deploy end-to-end models, balancing accuracy, computational efficiency, and measurable business impact.

Skills

Required

  • Ph.D. or equivalent advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, or a related field.
  • Extensive experience in machine learning, reinforcement learning, GenAI, and LLMs.
  • 5+ Years of experience of deploying ML models in production, preferably in high-scale environments.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Java, C, or C++.
  • Experience with large-scale data systems (Spark/Hive) and cloud computing (GCP/Azure).
  • Demonstrated ability to drive projects from conception to production in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and inspire cross-functional teams.

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ Years of experience of deploying ML models in production
  • preferably in high-scale environments

Other signals

  • leading a team
  • deploying ML models in production
  • high-scale environments
  • reinforcement learning
  • deep learning
  • GenAI
  • LLMs