Principal, Data Scientist â Converse
Principal, Data Scientist â Converse
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$ 143000 - 286000
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Position Summary...
What youll do...
We are looking for an experiencedPrincipal Data Scientist to join our emerging tech team. At Walmart Global Tech we are leading the way in revolutionizing retail throughadvanced technology and data science. Our team of experts is committed to solving current supply chain challenges and conducting research and development to create models thataddress the future requirements of our complex omnichannel international business.
About Team:
Cortex Team is Walmarts core A.I. conversational platform powering the vision of delivering the worlds best personal assistants to Walmarts customers accessible via natural voice commands text messages rich UI interactions and a mix of all of the above via multimodal experiences. We believe /conversations/ are a natural and powerful user interface for interacting with technology and enable a richer customer experience both online and instore. We are building and designing the next generation of Natural Language Understanding (NLU) services that other teams can easily integrate and leverage and build rich experiences: from pure voice and text shopping assistants (Siri to customer care channels to mobile apps with rich intertwined multimodal interaction modes ( need passionate and seasoned NLP datascientists to help us improve and evolve our capabilities considering the full conversational context multimodal interactions and an everincreasing list of use cases. Come at the right time and you will have an enormous opportunity to make a massive impact on the design architecture and implementation of an innovative mission critical product driven by datascience used every day by people you know and which customers love. As part of the emerging tech group you will also have the additional opportunity of building demos proof of concepts creating white papers writing blogs etc.
Whatyoullbring:
- Proficient in Python; solid knowledge of SQL
- Hands on experience with classical ML models test/train/evaluation metrics key parameters/techniques that affect model performance
- Understanding of relevant statistical measures such as confidence intervals significance of error measurements development and evaluation data sets
- Familiar with NLU/NLP more recent deep ML models (e.g. Transformers BERT Llama Gpts Gemini) including safe finetuning of these
- Ability to communicate with model consumers and present results intuitively
- Experience in identifying patterns conducting error/ deviation analysis and optimizing data representation
- Bachelors degree or certification in Machine Learning Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Statistics or any other related field
Preferred Qualifications:
- Exposure to realworld production grade agentic systems
- Familiarity with LLMs serving optimizations and multiLo Ra
- Ability to develop experimental and analytic plans for data modeling processes use of strong baselines ability to accurately determine cause and effect relations
- Strong attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills
- Proven ability to achieve results in a fast paced highly collaborative and dynamic work environment
- Handson expertise across the full model lifecycle including data pipelines extraction model training model serving labeling tools MLops and adhoc tooling.
- Ph D in a relevant field (Machine Learning Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Physics Statistics or a related field)
About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. Thats what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of software engineers data scientists cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the worlds leading retailer who make epic impact and are leading the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate and people power our innovations.
Who We Are:
Join Walmart and your work could help approximately 220 million global customers live better every week. Yes we are the Fortune #1 company. But youll quickly find were a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Here at the worlds leading retailer you can make career defining accomplishments learn new skills gain experience from virtually every industry and leverage your expertise to innovate at scale impact millions and reimagine the future of retail. Discover why we are a world leader in technology culture of belonging sustainability and community involvement. .
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 unique styles experiences identities ideas and opinions while being inclusive of all people.
At Walmart we offer competitive pay as well as performancebased 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 companypaid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave) parental leave family care leave bereavement jury duty and voting. Other benefits include shortterm and longterm 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 Better U is a Walmartpaid education benefit program for fulltime and parttime associates in Walmart and Sams Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelors degrees including English Language Learning and shortform 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 . Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed there are no minimum qualifications. Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed there are no preferred qualifications.Minimum Qualifications...
Preferred Qualifications...
Primary Location...
680 West California Avenue Sunnyvale CAUnited States of America
Employment Type
Full-Time
