Senior Data Scientist

Blackpoint Holdings, LLC; Canada; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled Data Scientist to lead the data science function within its A.I. business unit. This dynamic role involves developing cutting-edge A.I. products and features, directly impacting the cybersecurity mission by stopping cyber-attacks. With a focus on building efficient, reliable, and secure data science solutions, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement ML models and algorithms that enhance the company's offerings. If you have a passion for data science and a desire to make a significant impact in the cybersecurity domain, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

401k plan

Discretionary Time Off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Data Science experience with A.I. products.
• Strong analytical skills focused on data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, train, and evaluate ML models.
• Design algorithms to ingest and transform model input data.

Skills

Data Science

A.I. product development

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

Spark

SageMaker

Airflow

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

MLFlow

SQL

Git

Job description

Blackpoint Cyber is the leading provider of world-class cybersecurity threat hunting, detection and remediation technology. Founded by former National Security Agency (NSA) cyber operations experts who applied their learnings to bring national security-grade technology solutions to commercial customers around the world, Blackpoint Cyber is in hyper-growth mode, fueled by a recent $190m series C round.

What You’ll Do

We are looking for an experienced Data Scientist who will operate in a technical lead role for the data science function of our A.I. business unit. Candidates will directly support Blackpoint’s cyber security mission, helping to stop cyber-attacks, and protecting Blackpoint’s rapidly growing customer base.

Summary:

As a Sr. Data Scientist, you will be responsible for building out Blackpoint Cyber’s data science solutions to support development of our A.I. products and features. You will report directly to the Head of Artificial Intelligence.

Who You Are:

Blackpoint Cyber is looking for someone who has:

1. 5+ years of experience in hands-on Data Science, with a track record of delivering A.I. products and services into production.
2. Experience building in the well-architected mindset—for efficiency, performance, security, and reliability.
3. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on data-driven decision-making.
4. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.

What You’ll Bring:

Experienced in:

1. Cloud-based ML development (AWS)
2. Data Ingestion & Wrangling (Spark, EMR, SageMaker)
3. Feature Engineering (Feature Pipelines, Feature Store)
4. Model Development, Analysis, & Deployment (SageMaker, Airflow)
5. Inference Streams & Event-driven Processing (Kafka, Spark)
6. Scripting Language (Python, Bash)
7. Query Language (SQL, Ksql)
8. Containerized Services (Docker, Kubernetes)
9. MLOps Workflows (SageMaker, MLFlow)
10. GitFlow & DevOps Best Practices

Nice to Have:

1. Time-Series Analysis
2. Transformer Neural Nets
3. Agile Scrum
4. Programming (Scala, Java)
5. Experience in Cybersecurity, IoT, or NLP fields

How You’ll Make an Impact:

1. Define, implement, train, and evaluate ML models.
2. Design and implement algorithms to ingest, wrangle, and transform model input data.
3. Conduct feature engineering to extract, construct, derive, and evaluate model inputs.
4. Perform statistical analyses per stakeholder requirements and modeling objectives.
5. Deploy models and feature engineering algorithms as scalable containerized solutions.
6. Develop model governance utilities and dashboards to monitor, report, and visualize performance of deployed solutions.
7. Implement data, feature, and model lifecycle best practices.
8. Contribute to A.I. architecture and design decisions.
9. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Blackpoint Cyber’s Security Operations Center (SOC), and our Adversary Pursuit Group (APG).

Blackpoint Cyber welcomes and encourages applications from qualified individuals of all races, colors, religions, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. For eligible employees in the US, Blackpoint offers competitive Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance plans, a robust 401k plan, Discretionary Time Off, and other minor perks.