(USA) Senior, Data Scientist

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

As a Senior Data Scientist at Walmart Corporate Affairs Technology, you will have the exciting opportunity to design, develop and deploy cutting AI and machine learning models that empower corporate affairs to operate with increased efficiency and effectiveness. Drawing on your extensive experience, you will work on contemporary corporate challenges, design innovative algorithms, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive impactful business outcomes.

About Team: EBS
The Enterprise People Technology team supports the successful deployment and adoption of new People technology across the enterprise. As a Fortune #1 company, our work impacts millions of associates globally. We strive to continuously improve people technology and products to help managers and associates so they can focus on what matters most - supporting our customers and members. People Technology is one of the major segments of Walmart Global Tech’s Enterprise Business Services, which is invested in building a compact, robust organization that includes service operations and technology solutions for Finance, People, and the Associate Digital Experience. The Enterprise People Technology team supports the successful deployment and adoption of new People technology across the enterprise. As a Fortune #1 company, our work impacts millions of associates globally. We strive to continuously improve people technology and products to help managers and associates so they can focus on what matters most - supporting our customers and members.

What you'll do:

• Contribute to the end-to-end lifecycle of AI/ML projects, from ideation to deployment, ensuring alignment with Walmart's strategic goals.
• Design and implement scalable cloud-based GenAI systems and leveraging, GCP, Azure or Walmart proprietary cloud platforms.
• Develop novel algorithms and leverage state-of-the-art AI frameworks (e.g., OpenAI, HuggingFace, LangGraph, LangChain, TensorFlow, PyTorch) to solve complex problems in corporate affairs.
• Build highly parallelized compute environments for processing large-scale datasets, optimizing performance across CPU and GPU architectures.
• Collaborate with diverse teams across engineering, business, and operations to understand requirements and integrate data science solutions seamlessly.
• Advocate for best practices in software development, including CI/CD, testing, and documentation, to ensure robust and reliable systems.

What you'll bring:

• Master’s degree (PHD preferred) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics or related field
• Experience with RAG, Agentic frameworks, Knowledge Graphs, NLP classical methods and generative AI.
• 4+ years of experience in software development and data science, with a focus on AI/ML applications and mathematical modeling.
• Expertise in Python, C++, CUDA, and relevant libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.
• Experience with serverless architecture and microservices.
• Strong experience with cloud services, especially GCP.
• Knowledge of designing, building and maintaining APIs for machine learning or data-driven applications.
• Hands-on experience with natural language processing (NLP) and recommender systems.
• Knowledge of data pipelines, ETL processes, and big data technologies.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage stakeholders and deliver business value.

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