Bitsight is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to act as a senior technical leader driving innovation at scale. In this role, you will be instrumental in Bitsight's long-term business and technical strategy, specifically designing and deploying advanced, production-grade ML/AI applications within our AI-driven entity mapping and Graph of Internet Assets (GIA) data engine.
What You'll Do
- Identify and drive high-impact ML/AI initiatives that advance Bitsight’s broader ML/AI strategy and long-term technical roadmap.
- Design, build, and deploy production-grade ML models and automation systems that support critical business features.
- Develop and maintain end-to-end ML pipelines, including data extraction, feature engineering, training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and automated feedback and retraining loops.
- Architect scalable ML/AI components that improve performance and reliability across cloud-based distributed systems.
- Analyze large-scale cybersecurity datasets to identify opportunities for improved classification, detection, and automation.
- Translate ML/AI outcomes into actionable product decisions and collaborate closely with other stakeholders internally and externally.
- Establish and promote best practices for ML/AI development, model operations, and data-quality standards.
- Mentor technical contributors across teams, elevating technical quality and accelerating development.
- Provide leadership in communicating complex findings and decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders, upholding Bitsight’s documentation-driven culture.
What We're Looking For
- Advanced degree in a quantitative field or equivalent industry experience.
- Extensive experience of 8+ years delivering ML-powered product features from concept to production.
- Expertise in Python, SQL, distributed compute environments, and cloud platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex ML/AI initiatives driving business impact.
- Excellent communication skills, with a track record of influencing cross-functional stakeholders and leadership.
- Proven capability to bring structure to ambiguous problem spaces and drive them toward actionable, high-impact outcomes.
Nice to Have
- Experience with advanced ML techniques such as deep learning, GNNs, anomaly detection, or probabilistic modeling.
- Experience defining or influencing ML/AI practices and strategies across the business.
- Background in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, or large-scale network analytics.
Technical Stack
- Python
- SQL
- Distributed compute environments
- Cloud platforms
Team & Environment
You'll join a team of over 750 teammates dispersed throughout Boston, Raleigh, New York, Lisbon, Singapore, and remote locations.
Benefits & Compensation
- Best in class benefits
Work Mode
This is a global role with team members and opportunities in Boston, Raleigh, New York, Lisbon, Singapore, and remote.
Bitsight is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability.
