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Data science engineer roles in Arkansas are concentrated around Little Rock's growing tech and healthcare analytics sectors, with employers like Walmart's regional operations, Windstream Communications, and Dillard's technology division actively hiring. The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville also feeds a steady pipeline of data talent into Northwest Arkansas, where supply chain and retail analytics demand is strong.
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Walmart is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the delivery of scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions. This role owns the full software development lifecycle—from problem formulation and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing support—across services, APIs, data pipelines, and AI/ML-enabled components. The successful candidate partners cross-functionally to translate complex business needs into clear technical requirements, drive continuous improvement, and ensure high-quality outcomes aligned with platform and business objectives. An individual must be able to successfully perform the essential functions of this position with or without a reasonable accommodation.
What you'll do:
- Technical leadership & delivery: Drive end-to-end delivery of software and data products, making sound architectural decisions and ensuring reliability, security, and maintainability.
- Tech problem formulation: Identify options to address business problems using appropriate analytical/automation methods; demonstrate understanding of use cases, desired outcomes, and success measures.
- Business context & stakeholder partnership: Build relationships with key stakeholders; identify business needs; support business cases and recommendations; adapt to competing demands and organizational change.
- Data source identification & quality: Determine fit-for-purpose data sources across business systems; understand requirements/SLA priority; perform initial data quality checks on extracted data.
- Data transformation & integration: Build and maintain data pipelines using batch/streaming ingestion and integration techniques (e.g., ETL, APIs, crawlers/scrapers); apply preprocessing methods (normalization, feature extraction) as needed.
- Data modeling: Contribute to conceptual/logical/physical data models (data lake/warehouse/marts); define relational structures (tables, keys, stored procedures); evaluate and improve existing models and data flows; address integration challenges.
- Code development & testing: Develop features using languages such as Java, Python, SQL, C++ (as applicable); create proofs of concept; write test cases; validate designs; deploy to production; maintain documentation and playbooks; provide timely status updates.
- Governance, privacy, and compliance: Support documentation and implementation of data governance practices, including privacy, security, retention, and ethical/regulatory requirements.
- Data strategy & continuous improvement: Apply data strategy principles to routine business problems; identify improvement opportunities; promote continuous learning and operational excellence.
- Mentorship & team development: Provide guidance to less experienced engineers; support training and enablement; contribute to an inclusive, accountable team culture.
What you'll bring:
You bring strong technical/architectural leadership, including cost optimization through the right architecture and pricing models, plus full-stack microservices experience (Java, Node.js, React, Angular). You’ve helped define long-term platform (PaaS) strategy at global scale, document and share best practices/reference architectures, and drive engineering excellence in reliability, monitoring/alerting, product health, and portability.
Minimum qualifications are a CS degree + 2 years, or 4 years equivalent experience, or a CS master’s.
Preferred: advanced degree and/or 4+ years in data engineering/BI/analytics, plus experience building accessible digital products aligned to WCAG 2.2 AA. Key skills include data engineering, data transformation/modeling, SQL, and ETL.
- Analytics & automation: Big data/analytics concepts, automation techniques, and applying best practices to action plans.
- Data ecosystems: Data value chains (ingestion processing storage analysis utilization), data quality frameworks/metrics, and governance practices.
- Datastores & query: SQL/NoSQL, distributed datastores, and understanding where enterprise data is held.
- Pipeline & platform technologies: ETL and streaming patterns; data warehousing/MPP platforms (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Presto, Azure); cloud/big data environments.
- Modeling tools & methods: Dimensional modeling, ERDs, and related tooling (e.g., Erwin or equivalent); metadata management concepts.
- Engineering quality: Testing approaches (static/dynamic analysis, SCA, penetration testing as applicable), documentation, operational readiness, and production support.
About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts, and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions, and reimagine the future of retail. Walmart’s culture is a competitive advantage, and it’s fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly, and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.
Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.
Benefits:
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision, and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include stock.
Minimum Qualifications
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
- Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
- Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Preferred Qualifications
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 1 year's experience in software engineering or related area.
- We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Primary Location
805 Se Moberly Ln., Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America
Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.
Position Summary
Walmart is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the delivery of scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions. This role owns the full software development lifecycle—from problem formulation and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing support—across services, APIs, data pipelines, and AI/ML-enabled components. The successful candidate partners cross-functionally to translate complex business needs into clear technical requirements, drive continuous improvement, and ensure high-quality outcomes aligned with platform and business objectives. An individual must be able to successfully perform the essential functions of this position with or without a reasonable accommodation.
What you'll do:
- Technical leadership & delivery: Drive end-to-end delivery of software and data products, making sound architectural decisions and ensuring reliability, security, and maintainability.
- Tech problem formulation: Identify options to address business problems using appropriate analytical/automation methods; demonstrate understanding of use cases, desired outcomes, and success measures.
- Business context & stakeholder partnership: Build relationships with key stakeholders; identify business needs; support business cases and recommendations; adapt to competing demands and organizational change.
- Data source identification & quality: Determine fit-for-purpose data sources across business systems; understand requirements/SLA priority; perform initial data quality checks on extracted data.
- Data transformation & integration: Build and maintain data pipelines using batch/streaming ingestion and integration techniques (e.g., ETL, APIs, crawlers/scrapers); apply preprocessing methods (normalization, feature extraction) as needed.
- Data modeling: Contribute to conceptual/logical/physical data models (data lake/warehouse/marts); define relational structures (tables, keys, stored procedures); evaluate and improve existing models and data flows; address integration challenges.
- Code development & testing: Develop features using languages such as Java, Python, SQL, C++ (as applicable); create proofs of concept; write test cases; validate designs; deploy to production; maintain documentation and playbooks; provide timely status updates.
- Governance, privacy, and compliance: Support documentation and implementation of data governance practices, including privacy, security, retention, and ethical/regulatory requirements.
- Data strategy & continuous improvement: Apply data strategy principles to routine business problems; identify improvement opportunities; promote continuous learning and operational excellence.
- Mentorship & team development: Provide guidance to less experienced engineers; support training and enablement; contribute to an inclusive, accountable team culture.
What you'll bring:
You bring strong technical/architectural leadership, including cost optimization through the right architecture and pricing models, plus full-stack microservices experience (Java, Node.js, React, Angular). You’ve helped define long-term platform (PaaS) strategy at global scale, document and share best practices/reference architectures, and drive engineering excellence in reliability, monitoring/alerting, product health, and portability.
Minimum qualifications are a CS degree + 2 years, or 4 years equivalent experience, or a CS master’s.
Preferred: advanced degree and/or 4+ years in data engineering/BI/analytics, plus experience building accessible digital products aligned to WCAG 2.2 AA. Key skills include data engineering, data transformation/modeling, SQL, and ETL.
- Analytics & automation: Big data/analytics concepts, automation techniques, and applying best practices to action plans.
- Data ecosystems: Data value chains (ingestion processing storage analysis utilization), data quality frameworks/metrics, and governance practices.
- Datastores & query: SQL/NoSQL, distributed datastores, and understanding where enterprise data is held.
- Pipeline & platform technologies: ETL and streaming patterns; data warehousing/MPP platforms (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Presto, Azure); cloud/big data environments.
- Modeling tools & methods: Dimensional modeling, ERDs, and related tooling (e.g., Erwin or equivalent); metadata management concepts.
- Engineering quality: Testing approaches (static/dynamic analysis, SCA, penetration testing as applicable), documentation, operational readiness, and production support.
About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts, and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions, and reimagine the future of retail. Walmart’s culture is a competitive advantage, and it’s fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly, and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.
Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.
Benefits:
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision, and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include stock.
Minimum Qualifications
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
- Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
- Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Preferred Qualifications
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 1 year's experience in software engineering or related area.
- We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Primary Location
805 Se Moberly Ln., Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America
Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.
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Which companies in Arkansas sponsor visas for data science engineers?
Walmart and its technology subsidiaries in Bentonville are among the most active H-1B sponsors for data science roles in Arkansas. Windstream Communications, Dillard's, and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield have also filed sponsorships for data engineering positions. Healthcare systems like Baptist Health and UAMS occasionally sponsor for analytics-heavy roles, though tech-focused employers in Northwest Arkansas tend to sponsor most consistently.
Which visa types are most common for data science engineer roles in Arkansas?
The H-1B visa is the most common path for data science engineers in Arkansas, as the role typically qualifies as a specialty occupation requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, or a related field. Candidates already in the U.S. on F-1 OPT or STEM OPT extension often transition to H-1B through employer sponsorship. The O-1A is an alternative for candidates with demonstrated exceptional achievement in data science or research.
Which cities in Arkansas have the most data science engineer sponsorship jobs?
Bentonville and the broader Northwest Arkansas corridor lead the state for data science engineer sponsorship opportunities, driven by Walmart's global headquarters and its supplier ecosystem. Little Rock comes second, with healthcare institutions and financial services firms generating demand for data engineering talent. Fayetteville sees activity linked to the University of Arkansas research community and regional tech startups building around it.
How to find data science engineer visa sponsorship jobs in Arkansas?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for international candidates looking for visa sponsorship roles, including data science engineer positions in Arkansas. You can filter jobs by state and role type to surface employers actively willing to sponsor. Because Northwest Arkansas and Little Rock have distinct hiring concentrations, narrowing your search by city alongside role title helps identify the employers most relevant to your background.
Are there any state-specific considerations for data science engineers pursuing sponsorship in Arkansas?
Arkansas employers sponsoring H-1B workers must file a Labor Condition Application with the Department of Labor certifying they will pay the prevailing wage for the role and location. Northwest Arkansas prevailing wages differ from Little Rock rates, so the specific posting location matters. The University of Arkansas pipeline means competition for entry-level roles can be higher in Fayetteville, while Little Rock's healthcare sector tends to favor candidates with domain-specific analytics experience in clinical or insurance data.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored data science engineer jobs in Arkansas?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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