SENIOR, DATA SCIENTIST (Computer Vision)

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:

Supply Chain Technology(SCT) Data Science team at Walmart is focused on using the latest research in Machine learning and Computer Vision to solve business problems in supply chain process flow. We build Computer vision models to enable QC, ranking and classification algorithms for next gen use cases to empower decision-making, solve optimization problems and work with engineering team to build reference architectures and pipelines in a big data ecosystem. Advanced analytical algorithms driven by our team help Walmart to optimize supply chain operations, business practices, reduce cost and pass those benefits to our customers.
 
You will be contributing towards building Vision based solutions for Fresh Produce monitoring and defect classification along with severity assessment. You will have to collaborate with team of data scientists & business stake holders , with a common vision towards developing this for Quality Control/SCT.

What you will do: 

As a Senior Data Scientists at Walmart , you’ll have the opportunity to

• Play a key role to solve complex problems, pivotal to Walmart’s business and drive actionable insights from petabytes of data

• Solve problems using world class algorithms, by researching and implementing these to production using best practices to handle scale and latency requirements

• Develop/Review the production level code for implementation of Deep Vision algorithms

• Research, learn & adapt new technologies to solve problems & improve existing solutions

• Partner with team and stake holders to assess customer needs and define business questions

• Adopt Wal-Mart’s quality standards and develop and recommend process standards and best practices across the retail industry

What you will bring: 

• Masters in Engineering/Technology or MSc with 6-9 years of relevant experience

• Problem solver at heart with experience in Machine learning, Computer/Deep Vision

• Proficiency with Python/PySpark/BiqQuery etc

• Proficiency with ML libraries sklearn/pytorch/tensorflow etc

• Cloud friendliness (GCP/Azure etc) to leverage distributed computing/scalability

• Good communication/influencing/mentoring skills with inclination to high ownership and commitment

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- Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2- Master's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 1 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3 - 5 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...

4,5,6, 7 Floor, Building 10, SEZ, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India