H-E-B
AI

Sr Data Scientist - eCommerce

H-E-B · San Antonio, TX

Actively hiring Posted 7 months ago

Responsibilities
H-E-B's Corporate Planning and Analysis Team develops and maintains budgets and financial systems while providing current, reliable financial data, analysis, and technical information.

As a Data Scientist II, your archetype is an ML / AI Business Solution Designer. Your passions include creating end-to-end business solutions packages by integrating multi-modals and data pipelines, innovating new ML algorithms to establish strong competitive advantage for H-E-B business, and designing and implementing different ML integration patterns to facilitate multi-modal orchestration.

Once you're eligible, you'll become an Owner in the company, so we're looking for commitment, hard work, and focus on quality and Customer service. 'Partner-owned' means our most important resources--People--drive the innovation, growth, and success that make H-E-B The Greatest Omnichannel Retailing Company.

Do you have a:

HEART FOR PEOPLE... willingness to take a break from algorithmic thinking / detecting to translate and share your findings with a variety of business customers?

HEAD FOR BUSINESS... skills to blend mass data-wrangling with business acumen?

PASSION FOR RESULTS... drive to generate business-valued questions and data-based n solutions?

We are looking for:

  • a thought leader of ML innovation who orchestrates business solutions across ML pipelines

What is the work?

Analytics / Design & Development:

  • Analyzes clickstream data and customer interactions to drive insights.
  • Develops and deploy machine learning models to support e-commerce initiatives
  • Presents findings to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
  • Manages multiple data science projects while collaborating with Product, Business, and Engineering teams
  • Serves H-E-B as a thought leader in selected mainstream ML / AI fields
  • Builds a concrete roadmap for ML solution maturity revolution
  • Creates end-to-end business solutions packages by integrating multi-modals and data pipelines
  • Designs / implements different ML integration patterns to facilitate multi-modal orchestration
  • Innovates new ML algorithms to establish strong competitive advantage for H-E-B business; ensures new algorithms are backed by solid math and science proof
  • Applies an inquisitive nature about open source algorithms, their theories, and their implementation
  • Grows expertise in constructing distributed machine learning pipeline from scratch

What is your background?

  • A related degree or comparable formal training, certification, or work experience
  • 5+ years of experience in a retail or retail-related decision science role
  • Expertise / in-depth knowledge of business domain
  • Well-rounded experience integrating math / science and platform engineering

Do you have what it takes to be a Data Scientist at H-E-B?

  • Experience with Clickstream Analytics (BQ/Amplitude) (Preferably in Retail)
  • Experience with Recommendation Systems
  • Able to continuously learn new methodologies and applications of ML/AI techniques
  • Strong capabilities in translating data science findings into business-friendly results.
  • Able to present findings to leaders and peers.
  • Ability to contribute to multiple work streams concurrently while staying connected to Product, Business, and Engineering teams.
  • Experience working with visualization tools such as Tableau and Dash
  • Proficiency in DS techniques (classification, regression, optimization)
  • Some familiarity with big data ecosystems (e.g., Spark, Hadoop) and UNIX commands / scripting
  • Understanding of best-in-class AI techniques to customize algorithms that created H-E-B-unique differentiators
  • Strong research and analytical skills
  • Critical and lateral thinking skills
  • Experience working with e-commerce data and understanding customer behavior
  • Proficiency in tools like BigQuery, Amplitude, or similar for clickstream data analysis
  • Experience with Tableau, Dash, or equivalent platforms to visualize data
  • Ability to develop end-to-end ML solutions, including NLU/LLM modeling
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL, Spark
  • Strong ability to present findings clearly and collaborate across teams
  • Programming language skills (SQL, R, Python, Scala, Java, C/C++)
  • ML optimization skills (GPU code optimization, Horovod, SparkMLlib optimization, Cython, JNI, Numba
  • Mainstream ML / AI skills (deep learning, computer vision, NLP / NLU, reinforcement learning, meta-learning, federated learning)
  • Ability to grow expertise in constructing distributed machine learning pipeline from scratch

Can you...

  • Work in a fast-paced retail environment with frequently shifting priorities
  • Work extended hours; sit for long periods

08-2021

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