(USA) Senior Data Scientist

Key Skills

Java Programming, Python Programming, SQL, Scala Programming, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, R Programming, SPARK Programming

Job Description

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

You’ll make an impact by:?

Participating in the full life cycle of model development, which spans from business problem discovery, data discovery to model deployment and monitoring.

Specifically, you will

• Work with business stakeholders to understand the business requirements and the data available to solve the corresponding problems
• Translate the business requirements to a problem that can be solved using statistical and/or machine learning techniques
• Build datasets from different sources for data analysis and model development, which will include wrangling, cleaning, and pre-processing data
• Conduct exploratory data analysis to understand the patterns and potential business insights exhibited in the data
• Create data visualization to summarize the insights discovered during the data analysis and communicate them to internal team members and business stakeholders
• Develop statistical and machine learning models to solve business problems and derive actionable business insights
• Work with data engineers to test and validate training and production data pipelines, among other tasks
• Help deploy models in various formats
• Derive metrics for model performance monitoring and conduct continuous model performance monitoring (after deployment)
• Present insights discovered from data analysis and statistical/machine learning modeling and make recommendation based on the results to internal team members and business stakeholders
• Be proactive and take ownership of the projects and tasks assigned
• Provide and support the implementation of business solutions
• Collaborate with other data scientists and data engineers in our team
• Own components of a data science project
• Coach junior team members and share knowledge with the broader team
• Continue to widen and deepen data science and engineering skillsets
• Live by our Company culture and values
• Adhere to model compliance with company policies and procedures, and supporting company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity
• You’ll sweep us off our feet if…?
• You’re an inquisitive, out-of-the box thinker who’s continually on the lookout for opportunities to improve and innovate data science solutions
• You have consistently high standards, your passion for quality is inherent in everything that you do
• You have the courage to fail fast
• You have proven ability as a full stack data scientist who develops, optimizes, and scales models for the production environment
• You have proven industry experience of designing, leading, and managing large-scale data science projects and collaborating with data engineers
• You connect the how and why, using your knowledge of data science theories and methodologies to derive the best approach that is fit-for-purpose
• You have a very strong understanding of the fundamental concepts of popular statistical and machine learning models
• You’re experienced with general programing, statistical languages, and deep learning packages used to manipulate data and build statistical and machine learning models at a large scale, such as Python, R, Spark, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras, SQL, and SQL-like query languages for NoSQL databases
• You’re proficient using database technologies, distributed datastores, and cloud computer (e.g. GCP)
• You are organized and have excellent verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills

Benefits & Perks:

Beyond competitive pay, 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.

Who We Are?

Join Walmart and your work could help over 275 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you’ll quickly find we’re a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement. From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life. careers.walmart.com

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2- Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 1 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3 - 5 years' experience in an analytics or related field.
As permitted by applicable law, provide evidence of full vaccination as defined by CDC guidelines OR secure approval of medical or religious accommodation for the vaccination mandate.

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, Master’s degree 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)

Primary Location...

10790 PARKRIDGE DR. SUITE 200, RESTON, VA 20191, United States of America