Join Sam's Club as a Staff Data Scientist: Revolutionize Ad Strategies with Machine Learning

Position Summary: Elevate Your Career in Data Science! The Staff Data Scientist on the Ads team at Sam's Club, a division of Walmart Inc., is pivotal in implementing and enhancing Machine Learning (ML) innovations that transform our advertising strategies. This role focuses on developing and refining ML models to improve ad targeting, relevance, and efficiency, boosting member engagement and revenue through eCommerce platforms and in-club promotions.

What You'll Do:

As a Staff Data Scientist, you'll lead the development lifecycle of ML-based advertising products, from ideation to execution. Collaborate with ML Engineers, Software Engineers, Product Managers, and Technologists to influence ad strategies, integrate advanced ML algorithms, and challenge traditional business models to achieve strategic goals.

• Spearhead the development of backend ML models to drive AI-powered ad solutions, enhancing member interactions.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to pioneer ad technology innovations through deep insights, analytics, and ML prototypes.
• Oversee the entire project lifecycle, from data analysis and model development to prototyping and implementation, ensuring smooth communication with all stakeholders.
• Establish an MLOps framework to facilitate ongoing enhancement, testing, and deployment of algorithms, optimizing ad personalization and effectiveness.

About the Team: Sams Ads Team - Relevance & Ranking

The Ads Relevancy and Ranking Team at Sam's Club is dedicated to revolutionizing ad experiences with unparalleled precision in Relevancy and Ranking within Walmart’s ecosystem. Our mission is to refine ad interactions to ensure each advertisement is relevant and seamlessly integrated, thereby enhancing user engagement and simplifying decision-making processes. Recognized for our groundbreaking solutions, we drive marketplace success by making customer experiences more engaging and effortless.

What You'll Bring:

• Advanced skills in developing and deploying large-scale ML models for ad targeting, relevance, and optimization.
• Experience with public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) for deploying scalable ML solutions efficiently.
• Proficiency in programming languages (Python, Java, Scala) and ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn), along with MLOps practices like design documentation, testing, and Git source code management.
• Agile project management skills using tools like JIRA, with a passion for impacting the retail sector at scale.
• 8+ years of experience in related domains or similar tech stacks, with a background in digital advertising, marketing personalization, recommendation algorithms, or similar fields.
• Expertise in causal inference, A/B testing designs, multivariate testing, and other advanced analytical methods.
• Knowledge of advertising targeting and measurement solutions, digital marketing analytics tools, and technologies such as GCP, BQ, and Elastic/SOLR/Vector Search.
• Experience in designing highly scalable, resilient systems for customer-facing applications and familiarity with optimization techniques.
• Proficiency with MLOps tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow, Kubeflow, and experience in API development within a Python environment.

About Walmart General Information:

Sam Walton opened the first Sam’s Club in 1983, and it has since grown to more than 600 clubs in the U.S. and 100 clubs internationally, offering affordable, wholesale merchandise to members. Sam’s Club employs approximately 110,000 associates in the U.S. Our clubs offer bulk groceries, general merchandise, and specialty services, such as pharmacy, optical, photo center, or tire and battery centers.

Future Ways of Working:

Our company's success is attributed to our employees. While we embrace technology for remote work, in-person interactions are essential for shaping our culture, collaborating, innovating, building relationships, and moving quickly. We aim to provide flexibility for a healthy work-life balance while ensuring regular and purposeful in-person meetings.

Benefits:

Beyond competitive pay, we offer performance-based incentive awards. Other perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and more.

Sam’s Club is an Equal Opportunity Employer, valuing diversity and inclusivity. We strive to understand, respect, and include unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas, and opinions to serve our associates, customers, and communities better.

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