Data Scientist - Marketplace

Position Summary

As a Staff Data Scientist on Marketplace Payments, you will be a senior technical leader driving ML/AI powered payments risk analytics and financial decisioning for Marketplace sellers. This role focuses on building and scaling predictive and machine learning models across payments, credit, and fraud while providing strategic analytical leadership to improve operational excellence and seller financial outcomes.

• Master’s degree with 7+ year’s experience in a quantitative field (Applied Math, Statistics, Engineering, Machine Learning, Analytics, or related)
• 6–9 years of experience in data science, applied ML, or advanced analytics roles, including ownership of production-grade models
• Strong domain experience in payments, financial services, credit risk, fraud, or risk analytics
• Advanced SQL skills and experience working with large-scale, distributed data systems
• Proficiency in Python (or similar languages) and modern ML frameworks; experience with Spark or Hive preferred
• Solid understanding of eCommerce metrics and key risk indicators, with the ability to define and evolve new ones
• Experience driving projects from ambiguous problem statements to measurable business outcomes
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional partners and mentor junior team members
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving environments with incomplete information

Walmart US eCommerce is redefining the future of retail by combining scale, data, and technology to help people save money and live better. Marketplace Partner Payments plays a critical role in enabling trusted, fast, and scalable financial experiences for sellers across one of the world’s largest platforms.

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.

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.

For information about PTO, see One.

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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.

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

Option 1:
Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics,…