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About this Security Machine Learning Engineer/ Researcher role at Stellar Cyber

Stellar Cyber · Remote · United States

Join a fast-growing global leader in cybersecurity, trusted by some of the biggest names in the industry. In addition to some of the world’s largest enterprises and government agencies, more than 30% of the world’s top MSSPs rely on our platform. We’re at the forefront of protecting organizations against sophisticated cyber threats using cutting-edge AI and automation technologies. Our culture is built on diversity, openness, and collaboration, fostering creativity and innovation that drives real impact in the market.

To accelerate our growth, we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Machine Learning Engineer / Researcher to join our cybersecurity team. As a Machine Learning Engineer / Researcher, you will be responsible for researching, designing, and developing data schema and normalization, and threat detections to enhance integration and security capabilities of Stellar Cyber’s Open XDR platform. If you are excited to be part of a very fast-growing team with lots of opportunities, Stellar Cyber is a great place to grow your career.

 Responsibilities

  • Work with the data integration team to review and design data schema and normalization for integration of third-party security data.
  • Work with the security team to transform detection use cases and requirements to data science or machine learning problems, and propose solutions based on integrated data.
  • Research and design efficient machine learning algorithms based on security insights and data characteristics for security detection, correlation, and investigation.
  • Design and implement product features for security detection, correlation, and investigation.
  • Create necessary processes, tools, metrics to monitor and evaluate the efficacy of detections released to Stellar Cyber’s customers.

Requirements

  • A master’s or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or a related field, with a focus on machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and/or artificial intelligence in general.
  • Proven experience working as a Machine Learning Engineer, Research Scientist, or a similar role, with a specific focus related to time series analysis, graph machine learning, natural language processing, and other relevant machine learning areas in general.
  • Experience with tools and frameworks for building machine learning applications.
  • Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms, statistical models, deep neural networks.
  • Strong problem solving skills, especially the ability to translate research findings into practical solutions.
  • Strong engineering mindset and skills, including the ability of quick design and implementation of proof of concepts in Python, and the ability of designing and implementing production-ready solutions.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • (Preferred) Prior knowledge and/or experience in cybersecurity, such as detection and response, threat hunting, and etc.
  • (Preferred) Prior knowledge and/or experience in security products and their data.
  • (Preferred) Prior knowledge and/or experience in open-source data models such as Elastic Common Schema and Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework.

Benefits

We pride ourselves in recognizing our employees. Here are some examples of our benefits program:

  • Pre-IPO Stock Options
  • Medical, Dental & Vision care
  • 401(k)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employee Discount Program
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Referral Program
  • Rewards and Recognition Program

The base compensation range for this role is USD 150,000-215,000 per year. Total compensation includes bonus opportunity and equity, and will vary based on candidate location.

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How this Researcher salary compares

This role pays $182,500/yr — in line with the typical range for Researcher roles.

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About Stellar Cyber

Stellar Cyber Open XDR platform delivers comprehensive, unified security without complexity, empowering lean security teams of any skill to successfully secure their environments. With Stellar Cyber, organizations reduce risk with early and precise identification and remediation of threats while slashing costs, retaining investments in existing tools, and improving analyst productivity, delivering a 20X improvement in MTTD and an 8X improvement in MTTR. The company is based in Silicon Valley.

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