Role description
Data Scientist
The Role
UST is searching for an experienced Data Scientist to develop advanced analytics solutions that identify sales anomalies, uncover business insights, and generate actionable recommendations for merchants.
The ideal candidate will leverage machine learning, statistical modeling, and data science techniques to detect unusual sales patterns, understand drivers behind sales fluctuations, and provide prescriptive guidance on what merchants should do next to improve performance, revenue, and customer engagement.
What You'll Do
• Design and implement models to identify abnormal sales behavior across merchants, categories, products, and regions.
• Develop real-time and batch anomaly detection frameworks to detect revenue spikes and drops, sales trend deviations, inventory-related anomalies, pricing irregularities, promotion performance anomalies, and seasonal pattern deviations.
• Monitor merchant performance and proactively flag risks and opportunities.
• Develop advanced analytics solutions that uncover business insights and generate actionable, prescriptive recommendations for merchants to improve performance, revenue, and customer engagement.
• Leverage machine learning, statistical modeling, and data science techniques to understand the drivers behind sales fluctuations.
This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.
What You Need
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, Advanced Analytics, or related roles.
• Strong experience with Python, SQL, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, PySpark, and statistical analysis techniques.
• Experience developing anomaly detection models using Isolation Forest, Autoencoders, Time Series Models, Prophet, ARIMA, and Clustering Algorithms.
• Strong understanding of A/B testing and experimental design.
• Experience in retail, eCommerce, marketplace, merchant analytics, or consumer analytics.
• Knowledge of recommendation systems and decision intelligence platforms.
• Experience working with GCP (Google Cloud Platform).
• Experience with AI/ML platforms and MLOps frameworks.
• Familiarity with Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions.
• Technical skills in predictive modeling, time series forecasting, anomaly detection, recommendation systems, statistical modeling, feature engineering, and deep learning.
Location & Compensation
Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.
Role Location: Bentonville, Arkansas
Compensation Range: $86,000-$129,000
Benefits
Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits. Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines. Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico.
Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.
Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) program with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).
All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.
