The Home Depot
Principal Data Scientist, Online
STORE SUPPORT CENTER, ATLANTA - 9090 · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jun 8, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 10 years; preferred qualifications also specify 10+ years in business intelligence and analytics.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job. Preferred: PhD in a quantitative field or equivalent work experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
About the job
Leads online data science initiatives and projects, developing algorithms and models that improve business profitability, efficiency, and customer experience.
What you'll do
- Design and develop algorithms and models, test analytical methods, and communicate insights and recommendations to business and technical stakeholders.
- Lead project teams, set priorities, ensure work quality, mentor data scientists, and support recruiting and hiring.
- Explore data science methods and sources, define modeling and production best practices, and develop innovative algorithms and reusable solutions.
What they ask for
- Legally permitted to work in the United States.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree in a related field.
- At least 10 years of work experience.
- Demonstrated mastery in predictive modeling, data mining, data analysis, and statistical techniques to solve business problems.
Nice to have
- PhD in a quantitative field or equivalent work experience.
- Expertise in a modern scripting language, data-querying, data visualization, and prescriptive modeling.
Tools
Python, Google BigQuery, SQL, Microsoft Office Suite, Tableau, optimization, computer vision, NLP
AI focus
Develops advanced analytics algorithms and predictive and prescriptive models, including optimization, computer vision, recommendation, search, and NLP.
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