Senior Data Scientist (MLE) Transportation AI

Position Summary What you'll do Please note immigration Sponsorship is NOT Available for this location. Immigration Sponsorship is available if you would like to relocate to Bentonville, AK

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Full Stack Data Scientist (MLE) to join our growing store operations team. In this role, you will play a critical part in designing, building, and scaling our intelligence system for store operations and ensuring a robust and scalable data-driven decision-making system.

What you'll do:

• Build Walmart-scale optimizations to improve store operations efficiency, boost GMV, using cutting-edge techniques in the industry.
• Support the model development lifecycle from ideation to deployment, ensuring high standards of model performance and robustness.
• Design and deploy production-grade machine learning models, GenAI models, and optimization algorithms using robust software engineering principles. Build and optimize RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems and agentic solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code with a focus on testability, modularity, and reusability.
• Design scalable inference systems for real-time and batch predictions.
• Optimize model performance for latency, throughput, and resource efficiency.
• Build monitoring tools and processes to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Debug and resolve issues in a live production environment, ensuring minimal downtime.

What you'll bring:

• PHD in Computer Science with 2+ Years of Industry Experience.
• Strong knowledge in statistics and machine learning.
• Ability to develop scalable and high-performance systems for optimization and machine learning problems, leveraging languages like Java, C++, and Python.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns.
• Experience in developing scalable, distributed systems and working with microservices architectures.
• Familiarity with data processing tools and frameworks such as Apache Kafka or Spark.
• Hands-on experience with a cloud environment like GCP or Azure, including managed services for ML and optimization workflows.
• Experience in low-latency systems, with a proven ability to optimize computationally intensive algorithms for performance and scalability.

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 bonus 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

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.

The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

- Stock

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. 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), We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture. Primary Location 840 W California Ave, Sunnyvale, CA , United States of America