[Hiring] Senior Data Scientist @Akamai

Role Description

Do you enjoy working with huge datasets to develop models and agents to solve complex problems? Are you excited to work with innovative web security products? Join our team!

The App&API Security team is responsible for the continuous research and development of the Akamai Web Application Firewall. We serve thousands of large enterprise customers.

In this role you will:

• Lead the development of data science aspects in the product, working as part of the multidisciplinary research team.
• Be responsible for the development and maintenance of models and agents.
• Add innovation and advanced models, and develop DS tools to provide insights and analysis of web security attacks.

Responsibilities:

• Leading and collaborating on end-to-end projects across the team and with engineering and product partners, from initial concept through to final deployment.
• Developing working prototypes of statistical/machine learning-based algorithms, evaluating and comparing metrics based on real-world data sets.
• Developing agentic systems to enhance detections and research paths.
• Guiding engineering implementations of autonomous security agents.
• Working closely with security researchers to combine subject matter expertise into the models.
• Working to integrate security research learnings into the product.
• Innovating in the web security research and data science space.
• Providing DS expertise to the wider Akamai web security research group.

Qualifications

• Have a BS.C degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience in Data Science.
• Have knowledge in data science (pandas, PySpark, etc.), machine learning (sparkML, sklearn, PyTorch, etc.).
• Have experience deploying and maintaining machine learning and generative AI systems in production, including agent-based frameworks and monitoring pipelines.
• Be experienced in building evaluation pipelines to measure the performances and reliability of production models.
• Be experienced in working with cloud notebook environments.
• Have good communication skills in English.

Benefits

• Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you.
• We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work.
• Opportunities to learn, grow, and have a meaningful impact.
• Development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as LinkedIn Learning.

Company Description

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible.

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.