Onsite Principal Data Scientist

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About the role

  • Principal Data Scientist formulating strategies for AI/ML deployment in production at Walmart Global Tech. Leading projects involving state-of-the-art LLMs and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Formulating a strategy and roadmap to design, develop, and deploy AI/ML, NLP and GenAI models into production environments with a focus on reliability and scalability
  • Build/Fine-tune state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) using Walmart's massive datasets
  • Lead and inspire a team of scientists and engineers solving AI/ML problems through R&D while pushing the state-of-the-art to drive innovation at scale
  • Executing full life cycle of projects through planning, data collection, model prototyping and deployment, with responsibilities encompassing stakeholder management and communication to cross-functional partners
  • Partner closely with Product and engineering leaders to inform, drive and accelerate innovations in discovery experiences via Insights, frameworks, machine learning prototypes, and the strategic importance of AI initiatives
  • Upholding standards, governance, and best practices in AI/ML model development and compliance with model and data governance standards
  • Build a strong external presence through publishing your team’s work in top-tier AI/ML conferences and developing partnerships with academic institutions
  • Adhere to Walmart’s policies, procedures, mission, values, standards of ethics and integrity
  • Adopt to Walmart’s quality standards, develop/recommend process standards and best practices across the retail industry

Requirements

  • PhD with >8 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with >10 years of experience or 4-year bachelor’s degree with >12 years of experience in Computer Science or a strongly quantitative discipline
  • Minimum of 12+ years of data science experience
  • Demonstrated history of technology leadership and strong hands-on experience
  • Proven records of scientific publications or intellectual property generation
  • Hands-on experience in Large Language Models, Multimodal Vision Language Models, Recommender Systems, Computer Vision, Optimization Models and Reinforcement Learning
  • Past experience in strong programming skills across data science, big data and ML engineering stack
  • Strong communication skills with inclination to high ownership and commitment
  • Experience with Ecommerce domain is good to have.

Benefits

  • incentive awards for performance
  • maternity and parental leave
  • PTO
  • health benefits
  • best-in-class benefits

Job title

Principal Data Scientist

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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