Statistician, AI Analysis

Posted 17 Days Ago
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Mid level
Security • Cybersecurity
The Role
As a Statistician at Darktrace, you will contribute to diverse R&D projects, focusing on machine learning and statistical analysis. You will collaborate with software engineers, implementing research outcomes into innovative cyber defense methodologies. Your role will include prototyping new ideas and engaging in both software development and devops.
Summary Generated by Built In

Founded by mathematicians and cyber defense experts in 2013, Darktrace is a global leader in cyber security AI, delivering complete AI-powered solutions in its mission to free the world of cyber disruption. We protect more than 9,000 customers from the world’s most complex threats, including ransomware, cloud, and SaaS attacks.

Our roots lie deep in innovation. The Darktrace AI Research Centre based in our Cambridge, UK headquarters, has conducted research establishing new thresholds in cyber security, with technology innovations backed by over 130 patents and pending applications.

For more information on our cutting-edge technology, visit darktrace.com.

What will I be doing:

As a Statistician within the AI Analysis team, you'll play a key role in diverse projects, from prototyping new ideas to extensive research initiatives. Collaborating with software engineers, you'll test and implement research outcomes, contributing to our distinctive cyber defense methodology. Innovation is central to our work, fostering both creative approaches and traditional project development. This position emphasizes expertise in machine learning, offering chances to engage in software development and DevOps engineering collaborations.

Please note this is a hybrid role, and expectation is work a minimum of 2 days a week in the Cambridge office. 

What experience do I need:

Essential:

  • Candidates must have a PhD or master’s degree in statistics, machine learning or a related discipline or equivalent experience,
  • Strong experience working with Python,
    Knowledge of classical and contemporary approaches to analysis of time series data (e.g. bayesian analysis, HMMs, transformers),
  • Be a team player but with the ability to operate autonomously and take independent decisions.

Desirable: 

  • Experience with recent large language models (e.g. GPT4, LLAMA2, Falcon),
  • Knowledge of classical NLP approaches (e.g. TF-IDF,  POS-tagging, Word2Vec),
  • Experience with graph neural networks (e.g. MPNNs, GCNs, GATs),
  • Experience with cloud architecture (e.g. AWS, GCP),
  • Experience with infrastructure provisioning tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible),
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity or networking.

Benefits we offer:

  • 23 days’ holiday + all public holidays, rising to 25 days after 2 years of service,
  • Additional day off for your birthday,
  • Private medical insurance which covers you, your cohabiting partner and children,
  • Life insurance of 4 times your base salary,
  • Salary sacrifice pension scheme,
  • Enhanced family leave,
  • Confidential Employee Assistance Program,
  • Cycle to work scheme.

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Top Skills

Python
The Company
Atlanta, GA
1,763 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security AI, delivers world-class technology that protects over 5,500 customers worldwide from advanced threats, including ransomware and cloud and SaaS attacks.

The company’s fundamentally different approach applies Self-Learning AI to enable machines to understand the business in order to autonomously defend it.

Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the company has 1,500 employees and over 30 offices worldwide.

Darktrace was named one of TIME magazine’s ‘Most Influential Companies’ for 2021.

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