Position Summary...
What you'll do...
USA) Senior Manager, Data Science
Multilingual Experiences - Walmart Translation Platform
At Walmart eCommerce we connect customers with the right products at the best price. As part of the Fortune #1 enterprise, your contributions will be visible to millions who rely on our online marketplace.
As a Senior Manager of the Walmart Translation Platform data science team, you will lead a team of talented data scientists focused on building intelligent multilingual systems for translation, localization, and personalization at scale. You'll serve as a strategic thought partner to business, product, and engineering leadership, while staying hands-on guiding the development and deployment of machine learning systems including LLMs and neural machine translation (NMT) models.
What you'll do:
Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of data scientists to design, build, and evaluate AI/ML systems for translation, localization, @contextualization and personalization use-cases.
Drive the roadmap for multilingual AI and NLP innovation. Guide solution design across the ML lifecycle, from ideation and research to production deployment.
Partner with business, product, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, robust, and high-quality AI/ML solutions that power global customer experiences.
Promote scientific rigor and excellence in experimentation. Enable team members to publish, patent, or present impactful work.
Stay ahead of industry trends in AI, machine learning, and information retrieval to continuously improve Walmart's translation and localization capabilities.
What you'll bring:
Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field.
6+ years of experience designing and deploying end-to-end machine learning solutions in large-scale, consumer-facing environments.
2+ years of experience leading and mentoring data scientists.
Demonstrated expertise in NLP, machine translation, and multilingual search or personalization systems.
Strong background in deep learning, including transformer-based architectures (eg. BERT, T5) and large language models (LLMs).
Excellent communication skills to clearly explain technical concepts and influence stakeholders across technical and business teams.
Fluency in English, and proficiency in an additional language (Spanish or French preferred).
Why join us?
Our team is recognized across the company and industry for innovation:
President Innovation Award 2025 from Walmart CEO Doug McMillon.
Best International Retailer prize by the Spanish Retail Association.
Research Paper at WWW'23 in Austin.
3 patents published in last two years.
Industry day talk at CIKM'22.
Multi^3: Multi -million growth in revenue to Walmart by launching multi -lingual experiences across multi -ple markets.
About Walmart Global Tech
We're a global team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world's largest retailer. We power innovations that improve the experience of our customers and our 2.2 million associates around the world. Walmart has always been about the people. Being human-led is our true disruption
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .
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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart (https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J) .
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The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00
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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
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Stock
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Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 5 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 7 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.
Data science, machine learning, optimization models, PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R, Supervisory experience, Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch), We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Primary Location...
640 W California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America
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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.
