
Senior Data Scientist
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United 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
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Health benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Parental leave
- Tuition reimbursements
- Annual performance-based incentive compensation awards
- Equity
- Other company benefits
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