Data Science Intern
Irvine, CA

Job Description

Worker Sub-Type:

Student (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

THE POSITION

Cylance is seeking Data Science interns who will work with machine learning at the heart of its products during the Summer of 2019. Prior experience in security is a plus, but not necessary; the right candidate will be able to gain domain expertise during the internship, surrounded by some of the computer security industry's leading minds.

At Cylance, we develop state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to solve long-standing problems in computer security. We discover novel ML techniques and applications, build systems to handle petabytes of ludicrously high dimensional data, and protect people from bad guys. We protect millions of computers from security threats, and as an intern here, you'll do real, meaningful research. Previous interns have seen their work directly impact our products, have published papers based on their research at Cylance, or have been inventor on a patent application related to their work.

The Data Science team is a critical, highly visible, and high-impact team within the company. The team brings together experts from machine learning, stats, computer science, computer security, and various applied sciences, with backgrounds including deep learning, Bayesian statistics, time-series modeling, topology, scalable data processing, and software engineering.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

* Apply, improve, and invent machine learning techniques to solve important problems in computer security
* Write maintainable, readable code for running experiments and proofs-of-concepts
* Work with very large datasets, often with millions of dimensions
* Collaborate closely with other data scientists and security experts

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

* Current PhD and Master's students studying machine learning, statistics, or related fields; PhD students are strongly preferred
* Strong math skills in general, especially linear algebra and statistics
* Experience with Python
* Excellent communication skills, clearly conveying ideas to others in speech and in writing
* Kindness, and a deep willingness to help and collaborate with others

ABOVE AND BEYOND

* Industry experience
* Experience working with the following:
* Python, and libraries like sklearn, numpy, scipy, pytorch, and tensorflow.
* Various other languages, including Scala, C/C++, C#, Java, and x86 assembly.
* Git
* Spark
* Various AWS services, like EC2 and S3



WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU TO APPLY

* Current resume
* Cover letter/summary expressing:
* Why you are interested in working at Cylance
* The skills, strengths and expertise you will contribute to our diverse team of extraordinary talent and humble hearts



Job Family Group Name:

Business Practices & Operations

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40