Hybrid AI Research Scientist – Endpoint Security

Tanium; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

401(k) match

Life insurance

Job summary

Tanium is seeking an AI Research Scientist to design, prototype, and evaluate AI/ML models powering intelligent endpoint management and security across Tanium products. You will collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate research into scalable features and impactful product outcomes.

We value your ability to work across disciplines, analyze large datasets, and communicate complex results clearly to varied audiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of experience in applied machine learning, data science, or AI research.
• Experience developing and deploying ML models for tasks such as classification, regression, or anomaly detection.
• Experience working with large-scale datasets and the tools and techniques required to process and analyze them efficiently.
• Experience in one or more areas such as statistical modeling, anomaly detection, internals of LLMs, or agentic AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with data science and engineering teams to design and implement AI/ML algorithms for Tanium’s IT capabilities.
• Develop and evaluate ML models across various use cases including anomaly detection and threat identification.
• Analyze large-scale endpoint data to extract insights and build predictive models.
• Design and implement data pipelines to process endpoint data at scale.
• Conduct exploratory data analyses and develop visualizations to communicate findings to stakeholders.

Skills

Python

ML fundamentals

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math/Data Science or related field

Tools

PyTorch

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

NumPy

SciPy

pandas

Job description

Tanium is seeking an AI Research Scientist to design, prototype, and evaluate AI/ML models powering intelligent endpoint management and security across Tanium products. You will collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate research into scalable features and impactful product outcomes.

We value your ability to work across disciplines, analyze large datasets, and communicate complex results clearly to varied audiences.