Lead Security ML Research Engineer

PowerToFly; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Flexible locations

Generous vacation

Volunteer time

Parental leave

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Principal Security ML Research Engineer to advance threat protections through innovative AI/ML techniques. You will address real-world cyber threats, prototype AI agent workflows, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize models for live security environments.

The role emphasizes mentorship of engineers, collaboration with product management, and publishing findings through blogs, white papers, and conferences.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field, or 5+ years designing security ML models.
• Experience with vector search tech for data retrieval and Retrieval-Augmented Generation techniques.
• Knowledge of behavioral anomaly detection in security telemetry and profiling threat actor behaviors.

Responsibilities

• Design ML architectures to enhance threat detection and response.
• Prototype AI agent workflows for incident investigation.
• Develop evaluation frameworks and benchmarking pipelines for accuracy and latency.

Skills

ML algorithms

Security ML

Behavioral anomaly detection

Vector search

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

PyTorch/TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

Model evaluation

Adversarial robustness

LLM integration

Education

Master's degree in CS/Cybersecurity or related (or 5+ years experience)

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

xgboost

LLM APIs

Job description

Elastic is seeking a Principal Security ML Research Engineer to advance threat protections through innovative AI/ML techniques. You will address real-world cyber threats, prototype AI agent workflows, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize models for live security environments.

The role emphasizes mentorship of engineers, collaboration with product management, and publishing findings through blogs, white papers, and conferences.