SecurityScorecard

Senior Data Scientist

SecurityScorecard

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York CityNew YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $170,000 - $205,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Build, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models for cybersecurity risk scoring, threat intelligence, and vendor risk assessment.
  • Perform exploratory data analysis and identify patterns, trends, and anomalies in large and complex datasets.
  • Evaluate and validate models, ensuring their accuracy, robustness, and scalability.
  • Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define data science requirements and integrate models into production systems.
  • Contribute to code reviews, design discussions, and data science best practices.
  • Stay current on new research and technologies to ensure we leverage state-of-the-art methods.
  • Communicate findings and recommendations effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics) or equivalent professional experience applying data science to complex problems.
  • 5+ years of experience applying data science and machine learning to real-world challenges.
  • Proficient in Python and ML/data science frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn, XGBoost, MLFlow, Databricks).
  • Experience working with cloud-based data pipelines (AWS, GCP, or similar).
  • Solid understanding of ML algorithms, evaluation metrics, and model deployment.
  • Effective communicator and team player with a passion for solving hard problems.
  • Prior exposure to cybersecurity, threat intelligence, or risk scoring a significant plus.
  • Prior exposure and interest in LLMs is a plus.
Benefits
  • Specific to each country, we offer a competitive salary
  • stock options
  • Health benefits
  • unlimited PTO
  • parental leave
  • tuition reimbursements
  • much more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learningdata scienceexploratory data analysisPythonscikit-learnXGBoostMLFlowDatabricksML algorithmsmodel deployment
Soft Skills
effective communicatorteam playerproblem solving