Position Summary...

Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices; supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs; and building commitment for perspectives and rationales. Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities. Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by incorporating these into the development and implementation of business plans; using the Open Door Policy; and demonstrating and assisting others with how to apply these in executing business processes and practices.

What you'll do...

About Team: 
 

Sam's Club is our membership warehouse club, a business model that provides our members with high-quality products at prices that are unrivalled by traditional retail. Sam's Club provides a carefully curated assortment of items, as well as developing and leading technologies and services such as Scan & Go, Club Pickup, and home delivery service in select markets. Sam's Club also provides travel, auto purchasing, pharmacy, optical, hearing aid centres, tire and battery centres, and a portfolio of business operations support services.

We're looking for an incredible Computer Vision Data Scientist to create computer vision models that will power our computer vision systems. Our autonomous robots take millions of pictures every day and the computer vision solutions will help identify when products are out of stock, where items are located, if prices are correct, and so much more. Our computer vision systems also detect items in shopping cart and improve member exit experiences in Sam’s Club.

Check out these press releases, (Auto Inventory, Exit Tech)to get a better idea about the technology you will directly be working on.

What you'll do:

As a Data scientist, you’ll have the opportunity to

• Involve in extensive research and problem solving that spans a number of areas including computer vision, machine learning, image processing and distributed computing
• Research and development of computer vision and machine learning algorithms for object detection, recognition, segmentation, and tracking
• Design, implement and deliver computer vision software systems to facilitate retail business
• Build scalable solutions to some of the challenging recognition problems in computer vision and continuously improve performance of existing algorithms
• Maintain substantial knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories related to computer vision
• Work closely with other data scientists, software engineers, product managers and operations to create high quality and highly performing solutions
• Play a key role to solve complex problems, pivotal to Walmart’s business and drive actionable insights from terabytes of data.
• Leverage data science tools and techniques, keeping abreast with the latest in the community to solve problems for Walmart.
• Stay up to date with and extending the state-of-the-art in Machine Learning research

What you'll bring:

• Proficiency in computer vision and deep learning algorithms such as object detection, image classification, image segmentation, and video analysis
• Strong understanding of probability and statistical models (generative and descriptive models)
• Ability to run experiments scientifically and analyse results
• Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts and results to business audiences in a comprehensive manner
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders, including analytics teams, development teams, product management and operations
• Proficiency in coding (Python)
• 2 years’ experience in building Computer vision/Machine Learning based models in a professional environment
• Experience working with deep learning libraries like PyTorch, TensorFlow etc
• Exposure to nvidia frameworks like DeepStream, TensorRT, Triton is a big plus
• Bachelor's/ Masters with 2+ years of relevant experience in Computer Science/Mathematics/Statistics or any other relevant field.
• Experience in analysing complex problems and translating them to data science. algorithms with due attention to computational efficiency and testing at scale.

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.
 

Flexible, hybrid work:
We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits:
Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
 

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 2 years' experience in an analytics or related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. Option 3: 4 years' experience in an analytics or related field.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Primary Location...

G, 1, 3, 4, 5 Floor, Building 11, Sez, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India