Staff Data Scientist

at  Proofpoint

It’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing!
We’re committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Corporate Overview
Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.
We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.
Protection Starts with People. Proofpoint.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Lead the technical work of the team through experimentation, design and implementation of state of the art models, algorithms and ML infrastructure to maximize the efficacy of Tessian products
• Partner with Product to identify key areas of improvement and research through a data-driven approach and help define and refine the team’s technical roadmap
• Be responsible for technical delivery of their team e.g. ensuring proposals and deliveries use appropriate technologies, PR (Pull Request) reviews follow best practices and guidelines
• Be a leader and champion for the technical and operational aspects of the team’s stack including driving technical initiatives to improve them
• Participate in cross-team initiatives contributing to architectural improvements and develop cross functional relationships the team needs for success
• Work closely with the team’s Engineering Manager to understand the performance, and opportunities for the development and upskilling of team members.
• Support the development of team members through regular 1-1s and coaching
• Champion learning and experimentation within the team through discussions, evaluation and adoption of latest technologies and developments in machine learning

Qualifications/Experience

• Minimum 5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist with 2+ years as a team lead or in a technical leadership role (line management experience not essential)
• Track record of leading multiple highly impactful machine learning projects from inception to completion with proven results
• Advanced knowledge of Python, SQL, Spark and familiarity with challenges working with large volumes of unstructured text data
• In-depth knowledge of transformer architecture and experience in solving real-world NLP problems.
• Hands on experience with fine-tuning and deploying LLMs is desirable
• Experience working with deep learning frameworks and libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, JAX, HuggingFace
• Conceptual understanding of Graph Neural Networks and experience applying GNNs to solve real world problem statements such as fraud or anomaly detection is desirable
• Has solid understanding of MLOps including infrastructure and best practices to train, deploy and monitor models at scale on the cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Demonstrated ability to engage and effectively communicate with stakeholders at multiple levels and across disciplines
• Enjoys collaboration and working with others
• Can construct good arguments for methodologies and best practices

Why Proofpoint
Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We’re a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.
We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpoint
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us

• Lead the technical work of the team through experimentation, design and implementation of state of the art models, algorithms and ML infrastructure to maximize the efficacy of Tessian products
• Partner with Product to identify key areas of improvement and research through a data-driven approach and help define and refine the team’s technical roadmap
• Be responsible for technical delivery of their team e.g. ensuring proposals and deliveries use appropriate technologies, PR (Pull Request) reviews follow best practices and guidelines
• Be a leader and champion for the technical and operational aspects of the team’s stack including driving technical initiatives to improve them
• Participate in cross-team initiatives contributing to architectural improvements and develop cross functional relationships the team needs for success
• Work closely with the team’s Engineering Manager to understand the performance, and opportunities for the development and upskilling of team members.
• Support the development of team members through regular 1-1s and coaching
• Champion learning and experimentation within the team through discussions, evaluation and adoption of latest technologies and developments in machine learnin