Data Scientist

McAfee; Ireland (WV); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Scientist to join their innovative team in the Office of the CTO. In this role, you will harness your expertise in traditional machine learning, large language models, and generative AI to develop cutting-edge solutions that enhance personal security. Collaborating with an international team, you will engage in data wrangling, exploratory analysis, and visualization to present insights to stakeholders. This opportunity offers the chance to make a significant impact on the digital safety of users worldwide while enjoying a flexible work environment and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Bonus Program

Pension and Retirement Plans

Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Support for Community Involvement

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience building high quality machine learning models.
• Extensive experience with Python, PySpark, R, SQL, and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop machine learning driven solutions to protect customers' digital lives.
• Use data visualization techniques to convey research results with recommendations.

Skills

Machine Learning

Large Language Models (LLM)

Generative AI

Python

Data Visualization

Data Wrangling

Exploratory Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Education

Master’s or PhD in Statistics

Master’s or PhD in Data Science

Master’s or PhD in Computer Science

Tools

PySpark

SQL

AWS

GCP

Databricks

Job description

Role Overview: As a Data Scientist within the Office of the CTO within the Dynamic Threat Defense group at McAfee, you will play a vital role in providing our customers with cutting edge protection and peace of mind.

You will leverage your traditional ML, LLM (Large Language Model) and Generative AI expertise to provide the best protection in the personal security space. You’ll leverage your data visualization and storytelling skills to present your research to audience members ranging from fellow data scientists to senior executives.

This is a position located in Ireland in either Dublin or Cork. We are only considering candidates within a commutable distance to one of the two locations and are not offering relocation assistance at this time.

About the Role:

• Apply subject matter expertise in traditional ML, LLM and Generative AI in the development of machine learning driven solutions to protect the digital lives of our customers
• Apply statistical and machine learning knowledge aimed at identifying opportunities to improve upon existing protection capabilities using supervised and unsupervised modeling techniques
• Apply data wrangling skills toward cleaning data and building data pipelines from which to implement model monitoring dashboards and machine learning models
• Apply data mining and exploration skills on raw and cleaned data in a variety of formats to uncover insights for data driven decision making
• Work with stakeholders across the organization to identify opportunities utilizing big data from many different sources
• Use data visualization techniques and storytelling skills to convey research results in a meaningful manner with recommendations backed by data
• Own data science projects of varying scope from concept to delivery while focusing on delivering a solution to address the original problem statement to achieve success

About You:

• You have worked with and understand LLMs (Large Language Models) and Generative AI
• You have 5-7 years of experience building high quality machine learning models.
• You possess a Master’s or PhD in Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science or other quantitative field.

• You have extensive experience with Python, PySpark, R, SQL and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP and Databricks
• You are self-motivated and comfortable working remotely in collaboration with an international team.
• You have strong problem-solving skills that can be applied toward data wrangling, exploratory data analysis, data visualization, model development, model measurement, model deployment and model monitoring.

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Company Overview

McAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee consumer solutions adapt to users’ needs in an always online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protects their families and communities with the right security at the right moment.

Company Benefits and Perks:

We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone at McAfee to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.

• Bonus Program
• Pension and Retirement Plans
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for Community Involvement

We're serious about our commitment to diversity which is why McAfee prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.