Senior Data Scientist

Does developing creative machine learning models addressingapplication security threats get your head churning?

Would you love the chance to do data science, for good?

Join our Global Web Security group

The team contributes to Cloud Security, enabling Akamai's security products and safeguarding prominent global internet brands. Collaboration with development teams ensures the design and creation of scalable, innovative solutions.

Shape Internet Security

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will use statistics/machine learning to develop security algorithms and research emerging threats. You'll develop tools to visualize and analyze their outputs. Our release cycle will allow taking research and infusing it into products to protect global brands. You'll enhance our products' security measures by devising innovative detection methods and integrating them effectively.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be responsible for:

• Investigating modern bot strategies and fraud techniques, developing innovative detection methods to address their continuous evolution.
• Collaborating with customers and service teams to address detection accuracy concerns and recommend effective product enhancements.
• Developing new product features using statistical/machine learning-based algorithms to identify bot and fraud traffic
• Enhancing processes to collect, manipulate, present, and analyze large datasets, ensuring scalability and efficiency
• Participating in product evangelization efforts by speaking at security conference or publishing blog articles

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 8 years of applicable experience with a High School Diploma/ Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional background.
• Demonstrate a track record of leading projects to successful completion and mentoring and guiding data science teams.
• Investigate datasets to identify fraud and bot traffic through creative approaches and remarkable problem-solving skills.
• Possess knowledge of probability, statistics, and machine learning algorithms/techniques, especially in security or fraud context
• Possess expertise in web security focused on bot mitigation and fraud detection techniques.
• Be able to work productively with team members, identify and resolve tough issues in a collaborative manner

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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Working For You

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About Us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join Us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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