Security ML - Data Scientist

At Elastic, we see endless possibility in a world of endless data. And we use the power of search to help people and organizations turn that possibility into results. Elastic is the leading platform for search-powered solutions. With solutions in Enterprise Search, Observability, and Security, we help improve customer and employee search experiences, keep critical applications running smoothly, and protect against cyber threats. Elastic enables organizations worldwide to use the power of Elastic, including Netflix, Uber, BBC, Microsoft, and thousands of others.

Elastic was built on a foundation of being free and open, which trickles down to how we work. We’re a distributed organization and have been from the beginning. Being distributed isn’t just a way of doing business—it’s a mentality that is at the core of our culture.

The Elastic Security Machine Learning team is looking for a Data Scientist to contribute to the maturation of our endpoint malware detection models, and help build models for entity analytics in the Elastic SIEM. You will work closely with ML Engineers, Data Scientists, Product Managers, and UX teams, to build and deploy new models, identify model blindspots, detect drift patterns, confidently label never-before-seen samples, and address questions like:

• How to expose model outputs to users?
• How does the performance of our models change over time?
• What can we do to improve our models?

If you are ready to solve these challenges and more, we look forward to hearing from you!

What you will be doing

• You will have the opportunity to build models within the Elastic Stack, leveraging Elastic Security telemetry data, while collaborating with other teams at Elastic

• You will also have the opportunity to work with machine learning engineers on the team, to prototype and productionize models for the Elastic Endpoint Security malware detection product

• You will participate in regular production deployments and model validation tasks

What you will bring along

• 2+ years of machine learning experience
• Experience using or developing ML pipelines
• Python programming skills
• Ability to synthesize evaluation metrics, customer feedback, and internal analysis to communicate model performance
• Enthusiasm for providing novel contributions to the information security research community on machine learning techniques

Bonus Points

• Experience with java
• Experience writing production-quality code
• Malware or security background
• Experience with any part of the Elastic stack

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Double your charitable giving - We match up to $1500 (or local currency equivalent)
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave