IT Data Scientist

Job Duties/Essential Functions

• Builds Machine learning, Deep Learning and other AI approaches to solve business problems.
• Designs and builds AI/ ML/DL models to enable revenue growth, improve efficiencies, and to enhance member experience.
• Frames a problem and comes up with a hypothesis.
• Affirms the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
• Validates data and model accuracy on an ongoing basis to ensure continued high accuracy and outcome.
• Collaborates with operational and business teams to implement models and monitor outcomes.
• Identifies new data that could enhance the quality and accuracy of models to improve predictions.
• Communicates results effectively with storytelling and visualization.
• Conducts A/B testings and suggests options.
• Conducts back testing to know the plan vs actual results to improve the DS Model accuracy.
• Provides feedback to enhance the testing framework and AI/MLOps.
• Extends beyond core data science work to perform data wrangling and data preparation as needed.

Required Experience, Skills, Education & Licenses/Certifications

• 8+ years experience in building and implementing Machine Learning, Deep Learning models in production at scale.
• 5+ years experience working in Retail/CPG/eCommerce industry.
• Proficiency in SQL, PySpark, Python.
• Proficiency in Core GCP Services: Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, VPC.
• Proficiency in ML/AI platform: Vertex AI (training, prediction, pipelines), AutoML, TensorFlow.
• Experience with at least one data visualization tool, preference: PowerBI.
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• Strong working knowledge of Cloud platforms (GCP, Azure).
• Hands-on experience with MLOps practices, including CI/CD for ML pipelines.
• Familiarity with MLflow for experiment tracking and model management.

Preferred Education & Licenses/Certifications

• Recommended Bachelor's/Master's degree, or the equivalent, in Computer Science, Data Science, and Statistics/Mathematics or related field.
• Knowledge of Agile software development.
• Exposure to the retail industry.

Pay Ranges

• Level 1 - $115,000 - $160,000
• Level 2 - $145,000 - $192,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible
• Level 3 - $188,000 - $240,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible
• Level 4 - $236,000 - $295,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance
• Health care reimbursement account
• Dependent care assistance plan
• Short-term disability and long-term disability insurance
• AD&D insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase plan to eligible employees

About the Role

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Qualifications

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

Skills

Costco seeks a Senior Applied Data Scientist who can lead critical decisions through solutions that drive top line for the company. You’ll use your Machine Learning / Deep Learning hands on expertise to build solutions at scale that solve business problems such as Inventory Optimization, Demand Forecasting and Pricing optimization. Your expertise in building, deploying and managing models in production is an essential part of this job. It's a fast paced, data driven and impactful role that leverages your problem solving ability and creative thinking to solve unique, complex problems in retail at scale.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Schedule

Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.