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# (USA) Staff, Data Scientist

- **Company:** Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $143,000 - $286,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Mobile Application Software, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Language Modeling, Systems Development Life Cycle, Chatbots, Deep Learning, Generative AI, Optimization Algorithms, Data Analytics, Multiaccess Edge Computing, Google Gemini, Multiplatform, GPT, Natural Language Understanding, Rich Ui
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/-usa-staff-data-scientist-sunnyvale-ca--3eb3d393-edfb-413d-99b9-bf374e0c41f7

## About the Role

Data Science, Data Science, Customer Experience, Scalable System Development, Multimodal Interaction, Ecosystems, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Product Engineering, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, * You have solid Python and largescale data experience, along with the ability to independently drive complex AI initiatives from requirements through production.

 * You combine strong technical depth with continuous experimentation and optimization, effective cross functional collaboration, and excellent communication skills.
 * A strong research background in deep learning or AI, including publications and academic contributions, is highly valued.

## Description

As a Staff Data Scientist, you will help build and evolve Walmart's core AI conversational platform and agentic shopping experiences across voice, text, rich UI, and multimodal interactions. You will design, evaluate, and productionize advanced language, generative, and agentic AI solutions, while driving projects from problem definition through launch. You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and UX teams to build scalable, reliable AI systems and enable high-impact customer experiences across Walmart platforms and external super-agent ecosystems.

Immigration Sponsorship support will NOT be available for this

position*

About the team:

You will contribute to Walmart's core AI Shopping team, enhancing customer experiences through natural voice, text, and multi-modal interactions. The team develops advanced Natural Language Understanding services that integrate seamlessly across various channels, including voice assistants, customer care, and mobile applications. Collaborating with external platforms like Open AI ChatGPT and Google Gemini, the team focuses on optimizing shopping experiences using predictive analytics, machine learning, and deep learning techniques. This group drives innovation in conversational AI, delivering scalable, data-driven solutions that support Walmart's commitment to accessible and efficient customer engagement.

What you'll do:

 * Develop and customize state-of-the-art deep learning based generative models and multimodal models to support conversational customer shopping experience;
 * Utilize cutting-edge machine learning/statistical/optimization techniques to deliver solutions for projects in the domain of conversational AI;
 * Build, validate, test and deploy language models combined with different machine learning techniques to explain or predict behavior and solve business and engineering problems;
 * Standardize and build scalable and highly available systems that follow operational best practices;
 * Develop visuals and reports to efficiently communicating model results and insights to business;
 * Maintain world-class academic credentials through patent applications, publications, conference presentations, and external collaboration and service to the research community.