Walmart

Staff Data Scientist, D&BI

Walmart

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: BentonvilleUnited 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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLPythonA/B testingcausal inferencemachine learningdata modelingstatistical analysisdata scienceGenerative AIAgentic AI
Soft Skills
storytellingmentoringcollaborationcommunicationinfluencestrategic acumenproblem structuringprioritizationtrust buildingstakeholder alignment