(USA) Senior Data Scientist - Marketplace Analytics

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Do you love to use data to challenge status quo?

Do you love doing cutting-edge data science work to define business strategy? Do you like to work in a team that pushes the bar by providing data driven insights? Then….

This Is That Place where opportunity knocks. Our Walmart eCommerce - Marketplace Strategy and Analytics team is obsessed with finding ways to help our customers live better, raising the bar for an entire industry along the way. You’ll play a crucial role in shaping the future of shopping, working with crazy talented people in an environment that values kindness and transparency. With the energy of a startup and the scale of the Fortune One, it’s the ultimate innovator’s playground. Are you hungry to own your career and catapult ideas into action? Read on.

As the Senior Data Scientist – Marketplace Strategy and Analytics you’ll solve unique and challenging problems uses cutting edge machine learning techniques to develop data driven decisions work across the entire Marketplace business. You’ll collaborate and influence leaders across the Marketplace business while working alongside an engaged and forward-thinking team. Reporting to the Senior Director, Data Science, you’ll do hands on coding to develop machine learning models and lead your business partners in planning, executing, measuring and monitoring your models. This role is a great opportunity to show case your advanced data science skills to tell an authentic, compelling story and differentiate us as one of the top places to work.

You’ll sweep us off our feet if…

• 5+ years’ experience in data science utilizing statistical methods, time series, and machine learning techniques.
• Experience collaborating with partner teams to generate results that define organizational goals and KPIs.
• Experience in end-to-end model development and deployment lifecycle i.e., from prototyping to model development and putting models into production
• Strong experience with Python/R, forecasting methodologies, machine learning and statistics.
• Experience with SQL and cloud technologies like Google BigQuery, Databricks, Presto etc.,
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker, or Microsoft Power BI.

You’ll make an impact by:

• Consult across diverse teams such as strategy, seller acquisition, trust and safety, seller performance, and executives’ teams to analyze their business needs and translate them to an analytical/data science problem
• Data preparation, wrangling and modeling to predict various outcomes using tools such as R/python, notebooks, SQL, scikit-learn, pandas etc.
• Employ cutting edge data science, statistics, and machine learning models to influence metrics such as GMV, sellers, traffic, volume, and SKU performance to drive Marketplace strategic decisions.
• Operationalizing the finalized models and deploying into production environments; monitoring model performance and making improvements to maintain model health.
• Continuous monitoring and refinement for improvement of the model accuracy

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.

About Walmart

Join Walmart and your work could help over 265 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.

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