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Staff Data Scientist

Flexton Inc. · Bentonville, AR

Spotted 4d agoContract

Job details

Work mode
Hybrid
Employment
Contract
Level
Staff / principal
Experience
8+ years
Posted
Oct 6, 2026
Last confirmed open
Oct 6, 2026
Job description

About this role

Greetings:

Hi, this is Mounika with Flexton, I have an amazing opportunity with one of our best clients in the Bay Area! Please have a look at JD below and drop your resume to

mounikar@flextoninc.com or (408) 333-9240

if interested in applying!!

*****Only W2*****

Role:

Staff Data Scientist

Location: Bentonville(2- 3 days hybrid)About the role

What you'll do

  • Build optimization and forecasting solutions for workforce planning, labor scheduling and day-of labor orchestration.
  • Take a problem from rough idea to working prototype quickly, then shape it into a business case with clear ROI.
  • Build AI agents and LLM- or VLM-based workflows for operational use cases.
  • Turn data and high-level assumptions into recommendations that leadership can act on.
  • Work with business leaders, engineering and research scientists to move prototypes toward production.

What you bring

  • 8+ years in applied data science or operations research.
  • Strong optimization and modeling skills: linear and mixed-integer programming, simulation, and forecasting, including probabilistic forecasting.
  • Hands-on experience building AI agents or LLM applications.
  • Production-quality Python and SQL that goes beyond notebooks.
  • Business sense: you can frame problems, build business cases and present to executives.
  • You've worked in fast-paced settings where you had to deliver results quickly.

Strong pluses

  • Workforce or labor planning experience in any industry, such as retail,

healthcare, manufacturing or logistics.

  • Experience with both operational, day-of decision-making and strategy work.

Exposure to supply chain, inventory or warehouse operations

Thanks

Mounika Ravi

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Cell |

(408) 333-9240

Email:

mounikar@flextoninc.com

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