About Team
We are building the next generation of AI-powered shopping experiences at Walmart, centered around our Super-Agent Sparky—an intelligent orchestrator that connects interactions across a rich ecosystem of specialized application agents. From intent-driven product discovery and context-aware recommendations to seamless checkout, smart substitutions, and end-to-end order tracking, Sparky transforms the entire shopping journey into a fluid, conversational experience.
For data scientists and ML engineers, this is a large-scale, real-world AI problem: designing multimodal systems that combine text, voice, and visual understanding; building retrieval and ranking systems over vast and dynamic catalogs; and developing real-time personalization under tight latency and reliability constraints. The work spans applied machine learning, experimentation, and optimization—powering intelligent systems that continuously improve how millions of customers discover and shop.
We are looking for a Staff data scientist to lead the next evolution of the AI assistant platform by defining and building highly scalable Generative AI systems and infrastructure. This will be a hands-on technical leadership role which requires expertise at the intersection of machine learning, LLMs, ASR, large-scale distributed systems, and more. Our AI assistants are rapidly incorporating LLMs, agent-based architecture with custom fine-tuned models, and multiple data modalities.
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.
Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our [Bangalore/Chennai] office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.
