Senior Data Science Engineer 2

Who is SimSpace:

SimSpace launched in 2015 with a singular purpose – addressing the most urgent and sophisticated cybersecurity challenges to reduce risk for our most vulnerable and valuable infrastructure. The organizations around the world that we depend on every day to keep our loved ones safe and secure. Our healthcare facilities, schools, financial institutions, transit centers, grocery stores, and workplaces just to name a few. To deliver global resiliency, we provide an elite cyber range platform to curate unassailable cyber defenses, data driven decisions, cutting edge training labs, live attack scenarios, and extensive individual and dynamic team readiness training. 

SimSpace works as OneTeam to elevate humanity around the world. We are committed to continuously improving and delivering a cultivated member experience whether that is accomplished through focusing on supporting our client’s teams or our own mission driven SimSpacers. 

We are an international company headquartered in Boston's Fort Point in the U.S. If you are interested in elevating the technology and creative solutions necessary to secure and safeguard our future while working alongside others who share your passion for purpose and development, we want to meet you!

Why should you choose a career at SimSpace?

We are an organization that is focused on building our culture and mindfully enhancing our atmosphere everyday which is why we have collaborated on an integral value system. Our governing philosophy of being Human Centered is deeply embedded within our value system. We apply this philosophy to every one of our internal team members, external clients, and their customers.

Our core values:

• Serve to Protect – We provide safe space, deliver on the mission, and elevate humanity
• Acquire Understanding – We seek and provide clarity 10x, cultivate comprehension, and believe information goes both all ways
• Operate as Innovators – We stay curious, practice consistency over intensity, and continue to be the change we need in the world
• Teamwork Without Borders – We are never alone, we solve for all, and keep people at the heart of everything we do

• Enhancing cybersecurity assessments to more precisely measure the ability of organizations, teams, and individuals to respond to new threats.
• Conducting in-depth evaluation and analysis of cybersecurity tool logs to identify key log entities and assess their relevance in scoring a tool’s efficacy and performance
• Creating, analyzing, and integrating large-scale datasets into our platform to drive data-driven insights and enhance system capabilities
• Improve scoring algorithms and automate evaluation processes for efficiency and accuracy

• You thrive on solving complex problems and building innovative solutions through collaboration
• You actively seek and provide constructive feedback to continuously improve yourself and your team
• You embrace a growth mindset, recognizing that every system and process can be refined and optimized
• You are goal-oriented and driven by team success, aligning your efforts with impactful outcomes
• You prioritize the iterative delivery of high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable code
• You balance scalability and reusability with practicality, making mindful trade-offs to achieve the best results
• You are motivated about staying at the forefront of technological advancement, in actively applying emerging trends in data science, algorithms, and machine learning

• At least 6+ years of professional Data Science experience or a PhD in a relevant field and significant professional Computer Science / Software Engineering experience.
• Skilled at developing high-quality software that is clear, closely tracked, fully tested, and securely designed for reliability, speed, and easy maintenance.
• Familiarity with machine learning and related topics like LLMs, Transformers, Reinforcement learning, Natural Language Processing, classification algorithms, supervised and unsupervised learning and recommendation systems.
• Knowledge with some subset of the following libraries and tools(TensorFlow, PyTorch, Jax, Pydantic, Numpy, Pandas, SciPy, Seaborn, Scikit-Learn, SQL and NoSQL databases)
• Skilled with writing highly optimized code to accelerate intensive tasks.
• Proficient in Python and git. Knows GitLab or GitHub. Aware of container systems and databases. Can use CI/CD. Experienced in handling multiple tasks at once using multithreading and multiprocessing. Good at communicating. Informed about the latest software development and testing methods.
• Exemplary oral and written communication skills.
• A problem-solver that is highly self-motivated, accepting of others’ opinions, and can work skillfully in a team.

SimSpace is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. 

SimSpace does not and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression and identity, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military/veteran status, in any of its activities or operations. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.

Research shows that women and people from underrepresented groups only apply to jobs if they meet all of the qualifications. However, no one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. SimSpace encourages you to break that statistic and to apply. We look forward to your application!

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact careers@simspace.com.

SimSpace does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.

Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to affordability, skills, qualifications and experience, and may vary from the range.