Staff, Software Engineer- Machine Learning Engineering

$110,000 - $220,000/Yr

Sam's Club - Bentonville, AR

Part-time,Full-time - Manager

Onsite - Bentonville, AR

10,001+ employees

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Data Science team at Sam's Club is focused on building a cutting-edge platform that enhances AI/ML development and deployment processes. This hands-on leadership role involves managing a team of ML Engineers to implement MLOps-enabled models, streamline workflows, and ensure the delivery of high-quality AI/ML services. The position emphasizes collaboration with product teams and stakeholders to design comprehensive solutions that address complex challenges in the retail sector, ultimately driving business impact and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of up to 10 ML Engineers to develop and implement MLOps-enabled models.
• Define, evangelize, and implement a strategy to drive feature store adoption across the organization.
• Define MLOps processes and assist product teams with adoption.
• Assist in outlining new product/service business case justification to ensure proposed solutions deliver articulated business benefits.
• Work closely with the Product Manager, Data Scientists, and architects to design end-to-end Applied Intelligence solutions.
• Identify use cases for innovative R&D approaches to solving major ML or AI challenges.
• Design, develop, architect, and deploy enterprise solutions.
• Implement standard DevOps tools and practices to achieve data science objectives.
• Keep abreast of AI/ML developments to provide sustainable architectural mentorship.
• Recommend appropriate technologies/applications for strategic data management and model management.

Requirements

• 2+ years of people management experience.
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Expertise in software development and deep understanding of Data and Analytics, AI/ML techniques, and DevOps/MLOps best practices.
• Experience in building batch and streaming data pipelines.
• Proficiency in Spark, Java/Scala, Hadoop, Kafka, Python.
• Solid experience with SQL and NoSQL database technologies.
• Experience in developing solution strategies and defining functional and technical features.
• Experience with product development life cycle and business processes as they impact overall product plans.
• Expert command of the English language, semantics, vocabulary, and grammar.
• Hands-on experience in defining CI/CD pipelines for enterprises.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to lead/identify business requirements and determine operational impacts.
• Knowledge of project management processes.
• Senior-level, large-scale project experience incorporating all levels of architecture development.
• In-depth understanding of business/technical concepts in multiple specialized fields.
• Knowledge of infrastructure architecture, including servers, SAN, networking, firewalls, database, and middleware.

Benefits

• 401(k) match
• Stock purchase plan
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• PTO
• Multiple health plans
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U education benefit program