
Staff Data Scientist, D&BI
Walmart
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Bentonville • United States
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Salary
💰 $110,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead high-impact analytical initiatives by framing complex business questions into testable hypotheses, analytical approaches, and deployable AI-driven solutions that support Member, Associate, and Connected Club experiences.
- Design, execute, and scale experimentation (A/B tests, causal inference, and machine learning models) that directly inform product, operational, and strategic decisions.
- Develop and deploy Agentic AI solutions that expand Sam’s Club’s AI capabilities, moving concepts from prototype to production in partnership with engineering and platform teams.
- Transform raw, multi-domain data into insights by sourcing, validating, and modeling large datasets to ensure accuracy, relevance, and business fitness.
- Influence decisions through storytelling by translating analytical findings into clear, compelling narratives and visualizations tailored to senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Raise the technical bar for the team by mentoring junior data scientists and analysts in modeling techniques, coding standards, and analytical best practices.
- Collaborate across functions (Product, Engineering, Operations, and Business partners) to ensure analytical solutions are scalable, adopted, and aligned with enterprise objectives.
Requirements
- 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
- A proven track record (4–8 years) of delivering data science or advanced analytics solutions that influenced real business outcomes, not just models or dashboards.
- Strong technical depth in SQL and Python, with hands-on experience using libraries such as pandas, scikit-learn, and stats models to analyze large, complex datasets.
- Practical experience with experimentation including A/B testing, causal inference, and statistical analysis in real-world business environments.
- Working knowledge of Generative and Agentic AI , including building autonomous or multi-agent workflows and integrating them into broader analytical solutions.
- Experience operating in cloud data ecosystems (e.g., Big Query, Snowflake, Spark) and partnering with engineering teams to productionize models.
- Business and strategic acumen , with the ability to structure ambiguous problems, prioritize impact, and recommend data-driven actions.
- Strong communication and influence skills , able to earn trust, align stakeholders, and drive decisions without formal authority.
Benefits
- 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, 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.
- Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLPythonA/B testingcausal inferencemachine learningdata modelingstatistical analysisdata scienceGenerative AIAgentic AI
Soft Skills
storytellingmentoringcollaborationcommunicationinfluencestrategic acumenproblem structuringprioritizationtrust buildingstakeholder alignment