Lead Data Scientist, Search & Personalization
Comunidade Metodista
Sunnyvale, CA · Posted November 2, 2026
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Where Sunnyvale, CA ranks
Where Sunnyvale, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for consumer and retail pay after cost of living$194k · of 11
- #3Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living$213k · of 28
- #4Best cities for pay after cost of living in California$192k · of 32
- #4Best all-round cities for AI careers95 / 100 · of 100
- #4Best all-round cities for AI careers in the West Coast88 / 100 · of 39
- #5Best cities for pay after cost of living in the West Coast$192k · of 39
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
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Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 57 open lead data scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $156,500 to $185,500 and the median is $172,000.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among data scientists, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for data scientists: 46% (high).
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About the job
...Walmart Inc. is seeking a Principal Data Scientist in Sunnyvale, CA to drive innovation across the Search and Personalization stack. You will design and deploy ML models for search relevance, ranking, and recommendations, leading cross-functional teams and mentoring engineers...