PRINCIPAL, DATA SCIENTIST
Walmart Inc. (company site, opens in a new tab)7+ yrsBengaluruOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 40–65 LPA
Posted on 25 Sept
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About This Role
- Own a specific, complex merchandising data science problem end-to-end, translating business questions into production systems that improve decision-making or automate decisions.
- Design, build, and maintain production-quality decision engines or decision support systems integrating with merchandising and planning platforms, ensuring measurable improvement in key metrics.
- Establish standards, documentation, and reusable components to enable ongoing progress beyond individual contribution, and communicate insights and tradeoffs effectively to technical and business stakeholders.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, IT, or related field plus 5 years' experience in analytics; OR Master's degree in the above fields plus 3 years' experience; OR 7 years' experience in analytics or related field.
- Strong expertise in optimization/decision methods (mathematical programming, heuristics, simulation) and applied machine learning, forecasting, or causal inference.
- Experience with demand/elasticity estimation, seasonal or long-term forecasting, constrained planning/execution, assortment/allocation optimization or competitive pricing modeling in merchandising, retail, or supply chain contexts.
- Work Experience Required: Specified as above; notice period not explicitly mentioned.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Individual contributor capable of leading on hard, well-defined merchandising data science problems with measurable impact, without managing teams.
- Expertise in both automated decision-making systems and decision support tools for human users such as merchants or planners.
- Skilled at influencing and raising standards of peers through mentorship, reviews, and establishing quality patterns, with a focus on accountability for adoption and ongoing iteration.