Research Scientist

at  IPinfo

ABOUT IPINFO

IPinfo is a leading provider of IP address data, including geolocation, VPN detection, mobile carrier and over 20 other context tags. Our API handles over 100 billion requests a month, and we also license our data for use in many products and services you might have used. We’re a fast growing bootstrapped business with a global team of around 40 people, and offer data products including IP geolocation, IP to company, carrier detection, and VPN detection. Our customers include T-Mobile, SpaceX, DemandBase, Clearbit, and many more. We also sponsor academic conferences such as ACM IMC and ACM CoNEXT to connect with fellow researchers.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• PhD in computer science, data science, statistics, or a related field - or equivalent experience
• Proven experience as a researcher or in a related role
• Publication track record in networking or security conferences (e.g., ACM IMC, ACM SIGCOMM, ACM CoNEXT) or journals (e.g., ACM SIGCOMM CCR, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking)
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Go; data analysis using SQL, pandas, or R
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience with data visualization tools and techniques
• Strong communication skills and the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, believing it can be done better

We collect more than 20TB of Internet data every week, including BGP, DNS, ping and traceroute data from more than 700 servers around the world. Our research team is at the forefront of analyzing and evaluating this data to ensure it finds its way into our producs - IP geolocation, VPN detection, our IP tags and more. In this role you will be analyzing that data, collaborate with fellow researchers from universities and research institutes, write academic papers and reports based on your analyses, implement measurement and analysis techniques from cutting-edge research, and discuss your findings at academic conferences. Check out https://ipinfo.io/research to find example research projects at IPinfo.