Censys - Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Requirements
• 5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning engineering, or software engineering with applied ML responsibilities. • applied • Experience building and deploying machine learning or statistical models in production environments. • Experience programming in Go/Python, and familiarity with software engineering practices for building maintainable systems. • Experience working with large datasets and building data pipelines for feature generation, training, or inference. • Proficiency with supervised and unsupervised learning techniques, such as classification, clustering, similarity scoring, or anomaly detection. • Ability to evaluate models using sound statistics and understand tradeoffs related to precision, recall, accuracy, and confidence. • Ability to write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability • Possess strong communication skills and can explain technical concepts, model behavior, and tradeoffs to engineers, researchers, and product managers. • Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact • Things that make you stand out: • Experience building classification, enrichment, or labeling systems for messy or partially labeled data. • Experience deploying models in containerized environments, like Kubernetes. • Experience with at least one cloud provider, like: AWS, Azure, or GCP. • Familiarity with feature stores, model serving, MLOps workflows, or tools for experiment tracking. • Familiarity with security, Internet measurement, or network-derived datasets. • For high cost of living areas (San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and the New York City metro), the expected salary range for this position is $171,000 - $203,000 + bonus eligibility and equity. • For all other locations, the expected salary range for this position is $150,000 - $188,000 + bonus eligibility and equity. • Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 83% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information. • Censys offers a competitive benefits package to employees, including equity, health, dental & vision coverage, retirement with company contribution, parental leave, mental health & wellness benefits, flexible PTO, and a professional development stipend. Censys also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Censys’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. Please see our careers page for more details. • We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to your recruiter. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. • To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates to keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired, we would love to bring you to our HQ in Ann Arbor for in-person onboarding. • By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with our Censys Privacy Policy.
Responsibilities
• Build and improve machine learning models and data-driven systems that classify, cluster, label, and enrich Internet-observed assets and services. • Own the design and development of applied ML workflows that turn raw Internet telemetry into usable context for internal systems and customer-facing products. • applied • Partner with engineering, research, security, and product teams to ensure we’re building the right models, datasets, and feedback loops to improve coverage and quality. • Leverage your experience in machine learning, data science, and software engineering to build various parts of the system, including components like: feature pipelines, training datasets, model evaluation frameworks, confidence scoring systems, and services that run in the cloud or on-prem.
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