Senior, Data Scientist | Personalization

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What you'll do...

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Walmart Global Tech is looking to hire an exceptionally talented Senior Data Scientist for their Personalization team in Sunnyvale to support the Personalization and Recommendation development efforts with our eCommerce team.

As a Senior Data Scientist for our team, you'll leverage your expertise in machine learning, deep learning and reinforcement learning to create large-scale, personalized recommendation models for our omni-channel retail platform, with a focus on exploring and implementing cutting-edge technologies like Large Language Models (LLM's). This role taps into the forefront of AI, offering the opportunity to innovate and shape the future of retail personalization.

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:

• Leverage machine learning technologies such as Java, Python, Pyspark, Tensorflow, and PyTorch to design, develop, and implement high-performance, scalable applications for personalized recommendations.

• Create robust machine learning models using structured and unstructured data sets and advanced algorithms, including Neural Networks, Regression Models, and Gradient Boosting Algorithms.

• Collaborate with data engineers and software developers to design and implement data pipelines and architectures that support recommendations at scale.

• Work with stakeholders across the company to understand business needs and develop data-driven solutions that drive insights and automation.

• Communicate findings and insights to stakeholders through clear and concise reports and presentations.

• Stay up to date with the latest developments in machine learning and apply this knowledge to improve our products and processes.

What you'll bring:

• Master's degree/PHD in Data science, Computer Science or related fields with 3-5 years of practical experience

• Expertise in Machine Learning, Statistics, Personalization and Item Recommendation algorithms

• Experience in data science and building and evaluating large scale machine learning & deep learning models

• Experience in designing and deploying highly scalable Recommenders Systems for e-commerce

• Curiosity in state-of-the-art techniques in recommendation related areas

• Exceptional business acumen and problem-solving skills, a demonstrated ability to prototype and implement complex AI solutions

• Outstanding communication, leadership, and written skills

About Walmart Global Tech:
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