Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist – Spy Cloud

Company: Spy Cloud

Location: Austin, TX

Salary: $ – $

Employment type: Full-time

Spy Cloud is on a mission to make the internet a safer place by disrupting the criminal underground. Spy Cloud’s solutions thwart cyberattacks and protect more than 4 billion accounts worldwide, providing Cybersecurity Analytics that filter threat intelligence, incident detection, and risk scoring for organizations of all sizes.

• Advanced Analytics & Modeling
  • Tackle complex problems by selecting and applying the right mathematical approaches and machine learning models across structured and unstructured data.
  • Design, train, test, and tune machine learning models for threat intelligence, incident detection, alerting, risk scoring, and more.
  • Build prototypes to validate model performance and feasibility.
  • Design and implement preprocessing pipelines and feature engineering workflows.
  • Define quantitative metrics to track model accuracy, performance, and business impact.
  • Create and maintain clear internal, external, and compliance documentation on models.
• Cross-Functional Problem Solving
  • Translate customer and internal needs into analytically driven questions.
  • Rapidly spin up MVPs to test solutions.
  • Propose and prototype new data sources and features.
  • Work with engineers to support deployment of production‑grade models.
  • Ensure data science work aligns with product and strategic goals.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, research, and customer‑facing teams.
• Communicate and Advocate
  • Communicate analytic and modeling design choices and rationale to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
  • Maintain cross‑functional feedback loops, both internal and with select customers, to evaluate the technical and contextual success of data science products.

• Deep expertise in applied math (linear algebra, calculus, statistics, optimization, graph theory) and the ability to select appropriate modeling approaches.
• Minimum 5 years in data science or analytics with proven success in designing, training, and evaluating ML models.
• Strong coding skills, especially in Python using PyTorch/Tensor Flow, scikit‑learn, XGBoost, and related libraries.
• Excellent communication skills; adept at translating complex analyses into digestible recommendations for diverse teams.
• Comfortable owning and driving projects in a fast‑paced, high‑stakes environment.

• Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithms, such as text classification and NLP‑based threat tagging.
• Data engineering experience or ELT/data pipeline creation.
• Domain experience in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, account takeover, ransomware analysis, or related fields.
• Familiarity with graph analytics, knowledge graphs, or cybersecurity ontologies (e.g., MITRE ATTACK).

Visa: Spy Cloud is not sponsoring visas at this time.

• 401(k) with Employer Contribution
• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) available with Employer Contribution
• Employer Paid Life, Short‑term, and Long‑term Disability Insurance
• Generous PTO Plan and 16 paid holidays per year

Spy Cloud is a proud Equal Employment Opportunity and Affi­rmative Action employer of choice. All aspects of employment decisions will be based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.