(IND) STAFF, DATA SCIENTIST
Walmart · Posted Sep 29
Retail, e-commerce, grocery, pharmacy, and membership warehouse services
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About the role
The Decision Sciences team at Walmart uses time series forecasting, machine learning and statistics to solve business forecasting problems within supply chain process flow, building forecasting models and machine learning pipelines in a big data ecosystem. The team's advanced analytical and forecasting algorithms help Walmart optimize supply chain operations at operational, tactical and strategic levels while reducing cost. This role contributes to building forecasting, prediction and root-cause algorithms, developing PoCs and moving solutions into pipelines/APIs in collaboration with stakeholders at Bentonville.
What you will do
- Play a key role to solve complex time series forecasting problems, pivotal to Walmart’s business and drive actionable insights from terabytes of data
- Leverage data science tools and techniques, keeping abreast with the latest in the community to solve problems for Walmart.
- Develop PoC, present lucidly to the business and evolve the solutions
- Take forward the solutions into Pipelines/APIs as needed by the business
- Research, learn/disseminate & adapt new technologies to solve problems & improve upon existing solutions
- Brainstorm, review and mentor junior associates in providing robust data science solutions
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- B.Tech or MSc with 9+ years or M.Tech with 6+ years of relevant experience in AI time series forecasting and machine learning / artificial intelligence
- Problem solver at heart with experience in Time Series Forecasting, Machine learning and Data Science
- Proficiency with Python/PySpark/BiqQuery etc
- Proficiency with ML libraries sklearn/pytorch/tensorflow etc
- Good knowledge of commonly used design patterns in data science
- Cloud friendliness (GCP/Azure etc) to leverage distributed computing/scalability
- Good communication/influencing/mentoring skills with inclination to high ownership and commitment
- Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 4 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 2 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 6 years' experience in an analytics or related field.
Benefits and support
- incentive awards for performance
- maternity and parental leave
- pto
- health benefits
About Walmart
Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. As one of the world's largest companies by revenue, it serves millions of customers daily through physical stores and robust e-commerce platforms. The company is driven by a commitment to everyday low prices and an expanding suite of digital and convenience-focused services.
- Industry
- Retail
- Company size
- 2000000+ employees
- Founded
- 1962
- Location
- Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
President and CEO
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer
President and CEO, Walmart U.S.
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