Senior Data Scientist at Walmart in Sunnyvale, California

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Position: Senior Data Scientist



Job Location: 640 W. California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086



Duties: Act as a strategic partner to product development teams, sharing insights and providing recommendations through effective communication and storytelling with data. Perform hands-on data exploration, processing, and analysis on massive data sets. Use state-of-the-art Machine Learning and Deep Learning models to identify fraudulent customers among a large sum of non-fraudulent customers. Develop and implement innovative algorithms and techniques for anomaly detection. Build data visualizations and interactive dashboards for monitoring and sharing business insights internally and externally. Communicate the results to stakeholders and present the projects in internal or external conferences.



Minimum education and experience required: Master's degree or equivalent in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering (any), or related field and 1 year of experience in analytics related field; OR Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering (any), or related field and 3 years of experience in analytics related field.



Skills required: Experience coding in an object-oriented programming language. Experience writing complex SQL queries to procure and analyze data. Experience with a machine learning specific programming language. Experience with state-of-the-art machine learning and deep learning algorithms. Experience working with highly imbalanced data and anomaly detection. Experience with data exploration, processing, and analysis on massive datasets including PySpark, BigQuery, and DataBricks. Experience building data visualizations and interactive dashboards including PowerBI, Tableau, and R. Experience with statistical data analysis and hypothesis testing. Experience working with product teams and business stakeholders or working with clients. Experience working with a cloud platform. Experience designing and building databases. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.




Salary Range: $168,154/year to $234,000/year. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location) and Stock equity incentives.



Benefits: At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Our 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, education assistance with 100% company paid college degrees, company discounts, military service pay, adoption expense reimbursement, and more.


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.com.


Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?


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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