Through the innovative fusion of retail, social and mobile, @WalmartLabs is redefining Commerce for the largest retailer worldwide. We are a group comprised of the brightest technologists and business people in the industry, excited about the limitless opportunities that this next generation of Commerce will bring to billions of people around the globe, all in an effort to help them save money and live better.

As the idea incubator for the world's largest global retailer, we don't just build products, we create experiences. Every day is an opportunity to reshape the landscape of ecommerce while having a lasting impact on the industry. @WalmartLabs taps into the talents of online retail visionaries to design, prototype and build technology-fueled products that bridge the gap between what's next and what's best.

@WalmartLabs brings together dozens of engineers, scientists and product experts to execute a cutting edge vision. If you're fluent in the language of innovation, @WalmartLabs is a place to become a leading change agent. Join us!

Position Description
We are a team of Engineers, Data Scientists and Product Management professionals with a mission to optimize the allocation of Inventory across the eCommerce fulfillment network and help improve speed of delivery and reduce operational cost. 

We are building decision models to help stock inventory closest to the customer while ensuring no operational constraints are violated. The size and nature of our business makes this a very huge and complicated problem for which we need to utilize mathematical optimizations - combination of LP/MIP models, Meta-heuristics and Machine Learning techniques. The impact is measured tens of millions of Dollars in cost savings and faster deliveries to customers. Our business stakeholders – the Network Strategy and Optimization team – collaborates with us in the fast paced and highly iterative development environment and provide the feedback needed to build a valuable product.

As an intern you will not only work on the most challenging problems in computer science and operations research but will also have an unparalleled opportunity to impact the lives of over one billion Walmart customers. 

The Intern Program
Your intern experience will far beyond your specific assignment. Through the intern executive speaker series, tech talks and work-team activities you will be able to gain a greater knowledge of the company as well as the industry. You will also have the opportunity to participate in a variety of professional development offers ranging from brand knowledge to agile training.

Finally and most importantly…being an intern @Walmart Labs is fun! Whether you are playing a pickup basketball or ping pong game, going to the San Francisco Giants games, or taking an intern-only catamaran cruise around the San Francisco, there is always something going on. With the San Francisco Bay Area as your playground the opportunities both inside and outside of work are endless!

THIS IS A SUMMER 2014 Position.

Minimum Qualifications
Who are we looking for? 
Smart students who are out to change the world! 
- MS/PhD in Operations Research/Statistics/Computer Science or another highly quantitative discipline. 
- Familiarity with optimization algorithms for network flow problems and linear programming. Knowledge in integer programming techniques a plus.
- Good knowledge in statistical and machine learning techniques, such as regression, clustering, and classification. 
- Hands on experience in R or Python and the machine learning and scientific computing packages associated them.
- Programming experience in one of the languages such as Python/Ruby/Perl/Shell/C/Java
- Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL.

Job Role
Intern - Data Scientist (Master's/PhD)

Location
SAN BRUNO

Job ID: 257926BR

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