Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Posted 11 Days Ago
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Tyson's Corner, VA
Mid level
Information Technology • Internet of Things • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
A safer Internet starts with Censys.
The Role
As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will develop and optimize MLOps platforms for large-scale data, enhance machine learning models, and collaborate with teams on data insights.
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Company Background

At Censys, our mission is to bring internet visibility and intelligence to the world’s security teams. Our platform not only identifies potential threats, but provides actionable insights and enables proactive defense strategies. Founded by researchers and practitioners, we are deeply committed to the quality, trustworthiness, and transparency of our data and results. As our own strongest critics, we continuously innovate to better understand the Internet and empower our customers with the visibility they need to succeed.

Location 

This is a hybrid role located in Ann Arbor, Michigan / Tysons Corner, VA / Kirkland, WA / Los Altos, CA 

Role Summary

Censys is looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our team and help us derive valuable insights from internet security datasets. This role is responsible for building and maintaining a robust internal Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) platform capable of handling petabyte-scale data and delivering high-throughput, low-latency predictions. You will engineer and optimize this platform to support a diverse range of machine learning applications, including computer vision, natural language processing, and reinforcement learning, ensuring seamless deployment and scalability

We’re a highly collaborative, creative team dedicated to empowering customers with innovative solutions to improve their security posture. You’ll work closely with data scientists, engineers, and product teams to build scalable systems that enhance how customers interact with and understand our data. You will design machine learning systems that not only process and analyze data but also bring critical insights to the surface in a way that empowers decision-making.

What You’ll Do

  • Deploy and maintain containerized workloads to support machine learning development, deployment, and post-deployment monitoring.
  • Utilize tools like Helm and Kustomize to accelerate the deployment of machine learning models and data pipelines.
  • Apply various optimization techniques such as compilation, quantization-aware training (QAT), and pruning to improve the latency and throughput of models.
  • Utilize open-source software like Metaflow, Prefect, Temporal, and Argo Workflows to facilitate data science development.
  • Build and optimize machine learning models to analyze security data, extract actionable insights, and identify trends, anomalies, and other relevant security signals.
  • Develop and maintain systems for drift detection and model monitoring to ensure continuous improvement and accuracy of insights.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design data pipelines that can efficiently process petabytes of raw internet security data.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or other technical discipline (or equivalent professional experience).
  • 3+ years of experience in Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and machine learning libraries like PyTorch, Transformers, and Timm.
  • Proficiency in MLOps tooling like Metaflow, MLflow, Argo Workflows, Torchrun, and Ray.
  • Experience working with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working in the cybersecurity domain.
  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience with DevOps tooling like Grafana and Prometheus.
  • Proficiency in Golang and Protocol Buffers. 

Our target salary range for this role is between $182,400 and $228,000 USD + bonus eligibility and equity.

In addition to our great compensation package, our benefits are effective on day one and include but are not limited to: 401k match, health, vision, dental, and more! Please see our careers page for more details.

Our roots are in Ann Arbor, Michigan with location hubs in Seattle, the Bay Area, and Washington D.C. Our innovation is fueled by the team’s global perspectives. For this role, we are looking for candidates based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Tysons Corner, VA, Kirkland, WA, OR Los Altos, CA. 

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Top Skills

Argo Workflows
AWS
Azure
Docker
GCP
Grafana
Helm
Kubernetes
Machine Learning
Metaflow
Mlflow
Prometheus
Python
PyTorch
Ray
Timm
Torchrun
Transformers
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The Company
HQ: Ann Arbor, MI
184 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

At Censys we believe that cybersecurity is critical to the future of our global economy. And in order to evolve cybersecurity defenses, both the public and private sector need access to best-in-class intelligence data. By arming our customers with the visibility and insights that they need to protect against critical threats, Censys provides the intelligence needed to bolster cybersecurity capabilities worldwide.

Why Work With Us

We are a rapidly growing cyber security startup based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Our innovation is fueled by the team’s global perspectives and diverse backgrounds. We welcome healthy debate, constructive conversations, and outside-the-box thinking to ensure we are moving fast, learning things, and iterating quickly.

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