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Staff, Data Scientist
- Walmart (Bentonville, AR)
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Position Summary...
What you'll do...
About Walmart Business
Walmart Business is a rapidly growing omnichannel platform designed to serve businesses,
nonprofits, and government agencies at scale. By combining Walmart’s unmatched assets with
purpose-built B2B experiences, we are redefining how organizations purchase and operate.
This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact, foundational problems at scale,
leveraging the complexity and data richness of the world’s largest omnichannel retailer while
helping shape modern, agentic, and automated analytics experiences.
What You’ll Do
As a Staff Data Scientist, you will be a senior individual contributor responsible for designing,
building, and delivering high-quality analytical and agentic solutions that directly improve
decision-making, efficiency, and user outcomes across Walmart Business.
You will operate with a high degree of independence, owning outcomes end-to-end while
partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Business stakeholders.
Core Responsibilities
+ Design, develop, and deployagentic analytics and automation solutionsthat reducemanual effort and enable scalable, self-service decision-making.
+ Apply disciplined analytical methodologies to ensure outputs areaccurate, reliable,reproducible, and well-documented, including:
+ Data validation and quality checks
+ Benchmarking and peer review
+ Clear traceability from inputs to outputs
+ Build and maintainstable, well-architected analytical systemsthat balanceperformance, reliability, and ease of use.
+ Improve performance, reliability, and usability ofexisting Self serve analytics modulesand analytics platforms.
+ Design and implementUI-based agent capabilitiesthat empower non-technical users toexplore insights, run analyses, and make data-informed decisions independently.
+ Translate complex analytical results, model behavior, and agent decisions intoclear,actionable insightsfor both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
+ Proactively communicate progress, risks, blockers, and trade-offs, and recommendsolutions with a focus on business impact.
+ Understand and account fordownstream impacts of data and modeling decisions,particularly on agent reliability, performance, and user trust.
+ Take ownership of analytical outcomes, not just execution, ensuring delivered solutions to meet both technical and business expectations.
+ Push projects forward with minimal oversight, escalating only when necessary andhelping unblock dependencies proactively.
What You’ll Bring
+ Technical & Analytical Skills
+ Advanced modeling and statistical skills, including causal modeling,experimental design, and large-scale observational analysis.
+ Strong experience in data science, applied analytics, or automation-focused roles, with6+years of hands-on experiencedelivering production-grade solutions.
+ Advanced proficiency inSQL and Python and/or R, with experience working on large-scale, high-volume data systems.
+ Demonstrated ability to design and validatehigh-confidence analytical outputswithminimal rework.
+ Experience implementingdata quality frameworks, validation checks, anddocumentation standardsthat ensure results are trusted by decision-makers.
+ Familiarity with agentic systems, analytics automation, or decision-support tooling is astrong plus.
+ Able to clearly articulate complex analytical outputs, model behavior, and agenticdecisions in a way that is understandable and actionable for diverse audiences.
+ Approaches problem-solving with rigor and discipline, consistently questioningassumptions, data quality, and results.
+ Demonstrates ownership and accountability for outcomes, not just tasks.
+ Works independently and prioritizes effectively, delivering results reliably whilemanaging ambiguity.
+ Actively listens, incorporates feedback, and balances technical possibilities with businessimpact.
+ Proactively researches emerging trends, tools, and frameworks inagentic AI andanalytics automation, bringing forward ideas that elevate team capabilities.
+ Understands how data and modeling decisions impact downstream system performance,reliability, and user trust.
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 https://one.walmart.com/notices . 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 (https://one.walmart.com/) .
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...
_Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no 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
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, PhD 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...
702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America
Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.
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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.
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