Senior Data Scientist – Retail Intelligence

Walmart

Senior Data Scientist contributing to AI-driven solutions for Walmart's retail operations. Supporting development of machine learning and advanced analytics to enhance decision-making.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeBentonville • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $90,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support development of machine learning, advanced analytics, and generative AI prototypes addressing retail business challenges.
Contribute to scalable AI solutions and support development of LLM-based agents, decision intelligence systems, and reusable AI capabilities.
Translate business problems into structured product opportunities, technical requirements, and experimentation plans.
Partner cross-functionally across business, product, engineering, and data science teams to support solution delivery and execution.
Help establish best practices for rapid prototyping, AI experimentation, and productionization workflows.
Collaborate with teams across Retail Intelligence on AI development practices, LLM prototyping, and applied data science initiatives.
Support product and science teams in experimentation design, analytics methodologies, and technical problem solving.
Identify opportunities to apply emerging technologies including generative AI, optimization, and simulation to retail use cases.
Contribute to reusable frameworks and scalable AI capabilities that can support multiple business domains.
Communicate technical concepts and trade-offs clearly to cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Option 1- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field.
Option 2- Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 1 years' experience in an analytics related field.
Option 3 - 5 years' experience in an analytics or related field.
Strong technical foundation in data science, machine learning, optimization, analytics, or applied AI.
Hands-on experience building prototypes, analytics workflows, dashboards, or AI-enabled solutions.
Ability to bridge business problems with technical solution development and product thinking.
Experience working cross-functionally with data science, engineering, product, and business teams.
Strong analytical and systems-thinking mindset with an interest in scalable AI platforms and architectures.
Familiarity with experimentation methodologies, analytics frameworks, and data-driven decision making.
Experience or interest in generative AI, LLM applications, agent frameworks, or AI automation workflows.
Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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 (including sick leave), 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 Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningadvanced analyticsgenerative AILLM-based agentsdecision intelligence systemsdata scienceanalytics methodologiesoptimizationsimulationAI-enabled solutions

Soft Skills

communicationstakeholder collaborationanalytical mindsetsystems-thinkingproduct thinkingproblem solvingcross-functional teamworktechnical concept translationbest practices establishmentexperimentation design

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree