Senior, Data Scientist | Computer Vision

Walmart’s Emerging Tech Extended Reality team who owns some of the most challenging, fascinating, and impactful work in the fields of Computer vision, Machine learning and Deep Learning for next generation Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality experiences is looking for Applied Scientists/researchers/Computer vision engineers with algorithms, programming and/or systems background. 

About Emerging Tech Team:The Emerging Tech team is passionate about solving customer and associate problems with the newest technologies. The team is responsible for creating breakthrough capabilities, delivering frictionless experiences, and making these technologies easily available to thousands of Walmart developers and 2.2 million associates. The applications and services built on these capabilities are used by hundreds of millions of customers daily.  We are building new platforms to bring physical and digital world together. 
 
What you'll do:

• Process large scale Walmart datasets using distributed cloud computing technologies to create and maintain 3D assets for the Walmart catalog. 

• Use computer vision techniques to create advanced deep learning models for 2D/3D image generation and synthesis, image classification, scene segmentation, object detection, keypoint detection. 

• Build and maintain ML/DL model pipelines and services with a focus on latency, throughput, and scalability. 

• End to end ownership and collaboration with product, engineering, vendors, and annotation partners to drive production ML application integrations and maintenance. 

• Collaborate with other internal Walmart Data Science teams to enable high quality user experiences powered by AI/ML around computer vision. 

• Read and implement research papers, strive for improvements in all aspects of the Computer Vision ML pipeline from better data generation techniques, more performant algorithms to highly efficient model deployments.  
  
  What you'll bring:

  Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field with specialization in computer vision and/or machine learning or equivalent practical experience. 

• 2+ year of experience with machine learning algorithms and tools and 1 year of experience in deep learning.

• Experience in launching Machine Learning models in products and building production pipelines/services. 

• Experience with TensorFlow, Tensorflow 3D, Pytorch, Pytorch3D, JAX, numpy, C++, Python, Unix, Docker, CPU and GPU architectures. 

• Experience with publishing at conferences/journals in Machine learning/Computer Vision.Experience with 3D Real-time rendering of scenes, objects using NeRF and other more recent neural approaches. 

• Experience writing architectures with CNNs, vision transformers and pre-training from scratch/fine-tuning. 

• Experience with deep learning for synthetic data generation using GANs, diffusion models, multimodal architectures like CLIP. 

• Experience with Few-shot learning, transfer learning, unsupervised and semi-supervised methods, contrastive learning, active learning, weakly supervised auto labeling, semantic search index. 

• Experience with GCS, BigQuery, Nvidia Toolkits or equivalent.  

• Demonstrated knowledge of the following programming Languages: Java, Python, Bash, Spark (SQL, Streaming), Hadoop Map-Reduce experience. Build Manager (Maven), Distributed Version Control (GIT), Continuous Integration (Jenkins) experience. 

  
  

  Bonus

• Experience in Pytorch 3D, Nvidia Kaolin is a plus.

• Experience in building Augmented Reality applications using Unity or other AR SDK’s Experience with Mixed Reality/Virtual Reality(Holo Lens, Gear, Occulus, Vive, Rift.)

• Experience in using 3D Modelling tools such as Maya, Blender and other photogrammetry tooling.

• Experience in Game Design, 3D modelling, and 3D Computer Graphics is a plus

  
  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.

  
  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 https://one.walmart.com/notices.‎ ‎ 

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.‎ For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.‎ 

The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00‎ Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.‎ Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:‎ ‎ - Stock‎ ‎ 

Minimum Qualifications...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, 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.

• Data science, machine learning, optimization models, Master’s degree 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, 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...680 West California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4834, United States of America

About Walmart At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability—and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries—all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?

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.

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