Data Scientist - Search and Personalization

The Walmart Global Tech International Data Science Team is seeking a highly motivated Data Scientist for the Sunnyvale, CA-based role to join the team, and be part of Search and Personalization development efforts in the Digital Experience domain.

What You Will Do:

• Improve the performance of recommendation systems and search engines for e-commerce

• Design, build and iterate on data models

• Implement state-of-the-art techniques in Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Information Retrieval

• Develop end-to-end ownership of major customer facing technologies and products

• Work with cross-functional stakeholders in Engineering and Product to deliver new features

• Write highly efficient code for superior model performance, and A/B test new ML models and algorithms related to Search and Recommendation

You Are Ideal If You:

• Have a keen interest and experience in one or more of the following areas: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, and Information Retrieval

• Have a relevant technical degree (preferably advanced, in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, etc.)

• Have 2+ years field experience in building and evaluating machine learning and deep learning models

• Have 2+ years field experience putting machine learning models into production

• Have 2+ years field experience using opensource frameworks (e.g.: scikit learn, tensorflow, keras, pytorch, etc.)

• Fluent in Python

• MS Or PHD without prior industry experience are given consideration

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

About Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human-led is our true disruption.

We’re virtual

Working virtually this year has helped us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives and spend less time commuting. Today, we are reimagining the tech workplace of the future by making a permanent transition to virtual work for most of our team. Of course, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. We’ll collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose.