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Data Scientist - LLMs & Generative AI - Canada

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Canada
Senior level
Canada
Senior level
As a Data Scientist at McAfee, you will leverage LLMs and Generative AI to enhance threat protection and present insights using data visualization. You will lead projects from concept to delivery, collaborate with stakeholders, and apply machine learning techniques for improved security solutions.
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Role Overview:

As a Data Scientist within the Office of the CTO within the Dynamic Threat Defense group at McAfee, you will play a vital role in providing our customers with cutting edge protection and peace of mind.
You will use your LLM (Large Language Model) and Generative AI expertise to identify new opportunities for application across the personal security space, in addition to improving McAfee’s threat protection capabilities. Leverage your data visualization and storytelling skills to present your research to audience members ranging from fellow data scientists to senior executives.
This is a position located in Canada, preferable either Waterloo or Toronto. You may be required to be onsite on an as-needed basis. We are only considering candidates within a commutable distance to one of the two locations and are not offering relocation assistance at this time.

About the Role:

  • Apply subject matter expertise in traditional ML, LLM and Generative AI in the development of machine learning driven solutions to protect the digital lives of our customers.
  • Apply statistical and machine learning knowledge aimed at identifying opportunities to improve upon existing protection capabilities using supervised and unsupervised modeling techniques.
  • Apply data wrangling skills toward cleaning data and building data pipelines from which to implement model monitoring dashboards and machine learning models.
  • Apply data mining and exploration skills on raw and cleaned data in a variety of formats to uncover insights for data driven decision making
  • Work with stakeholders across the organization to identify opportunities utilizing big data from many different sources.
  • Use data visualization techniques and storytelling skills to convey research results in a meaningful manner with recommendations backed by data.
  • Own data science projects of varying scope from concept to delivery while focusing on delivering a solution to address the original problem statement to achieve success.

About You: 

  • You have worked with and understand LLMs (Large Language Models) and Generative AI.
  • You have 5-7 years of experience building high quality machine learning models.
  • Experience in fine-tuning LLMs and classification is key requirement.
  • You possess a Master’s or PhD in Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science or other quantitative field.
  • You have extensive experience with Python, PySpark, R, SQL and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP and Databricks.
  • You are self-motivated and comfortable working remotely in collaboration with an international team.
  • You have strong problem-solving skills that can be applied toward data wrangling, exploratory data analysis, data visualization, model development, model measurement, model deployment and model monitoring.

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Company Overview

McAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee consumer solutions adapt to users’ needs in an always online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protects their families and communities with the right security at the right moment.

Company Benefits and Perks:

We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone at McAfee to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.

  • Bonus Program
  • Pension and Retirement Plans
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Support for Community Involvement

We're serious about our commitment to diversity which is why McAfee prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

Top Skills

AWS
Databricks
GCP
Pyspark
Python
R
SQL

McAfee Ottawa, Ontario, CAN Office

Ottawa, ON, Canada

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