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Principal Lead Data Scientist
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Applicants must meet the following education and experience requirements:
* 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Data Science or relevant subject or its equivalent or
* 8 years of relevant experience and a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Data Science or relevant subject
Required Skills
* BS or MS in Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Data Science or relevant subject
* 8 years experience with statistics and/or Data Science algorithms/techniques
* 8 years experience with data structures, algorithms and programming techniques
* 8 years experience working with programming languages and big data environments, specifically, Python, SQL, Unix.
Desired Skills:
* Passion for solving challenging analytical problems
* Ability to work productively with team members, identify and resolve tough issues in a collaborative manner
* Previous research experience in Machine Learning, specifically anomaly detection and data mining
* Understanding of Web Application security, specifically topics such as SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting, CSRF and so forth
* Fraud modeling experience
* Bot detection experience
About Akamai
Akamai’s global footprint of over 220,000 servers provides an overlay network with scale and capacity to not just deliver the largest web events but also secure the largest Internet brands from attack. Akamai builds and extends highly fault-tolerant wide area distributed content delivery and application acceleration systems to improve performance, security, reliability and availability of high-value web sites. Akamai powers over 85% of the top online retailers, with over $100 billion in annual revenue.
* 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Data Science or relevant subject or its equivalent or
* 8 years of relevant experience and a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Data Science or relevant subject
Required Skills
* BS or MS in Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Data Science or relevant subject
* 8 years experience with statistics and/or Data Science algorithms/techniques
* 8 years experience with data structures, algorithms and programming techniques
* 8 years experience working with programming languages and big data environments, specifically, Python, SQL, Unix.
Desired Skills:
* Passion for solving challenging analytical problems
* Ability to work productively with team members, identify and resolve tough issues in a collaborative manner
* Previous research experience in Machine Learning, specifically anomaly detection and data mining
* Understanding of Web Application security, specifically topics such as SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting, CSRF and so forth
* Fraud modeling experience
* Bot detection experience
About Akamai
Akamai’s global footprint of over 220,000 servers provides an overlay network with scale and capacity to not just deliver the largest web events but also secure the largest Internet brands from attack. Akamai builds and extends highly fault-tolerant wide area distributed content delivery and application acceleration systems to improve performance, security, reliability and availability of high-value web sites. Akamai powers over 85% of the top online retailers, with over $100 billion in annual revenue.