ExtraHop - Senior Engineering Manager, Applied Machine Learning
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Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Statistics, Machine Learning, or a related quantitative field; advanced degree preferred. • 5+ years experience leading applied machine learning or machine learning engineering teams delivering production systems. • Strong background in machine learning, statistics, or a related quantitative discipline. • Experience guiding experimental design, model evaluation strategies, and statistically rigorous decision making. • Experience building or operating production ML systems, including model lifecycle management, data pipelines, and monitoring. • Experience working with large-scale telemetry, time-series data, or behavioral modeling problems. • Demonstrated ability to partner with product and domain experts to translate machine learning capabilities into user-facing value. • Strong technical judgment and the ability to guide architecture and modeling decisions. • Experience mentoring senior individual contributors and building high-performing ML teams. • Exceptional communication skills; able to translate model performance, technical tradeoffs, and data science concepts for product, executive, and cross-functional audiences. • Consistent, reliable, and accountable in attendance and execution. • Experience with network security, NDR, or related security domains; familiarity with tools and frameworks commonly used in threat detection. • Experience building ML systems on AWS cloud infrastructure, including data pipelines and model deployment at scale. • Familiarity with compliance requirements such as FedRAMP or NIST SP 800-53 and their implications for data science workloads. • Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) for ML workload deployment. • AWS certification such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Machine Learning Specialty. • Understanding of threat detection, intrusion prevention, and incident response strategies. • The salary range for this role is $200,000 - $218,000 + bonus + benefits • ExtraHop is reinventing Network Detection and Response (NDR) to offer enterprises unparalleled visibility, context, and control against emerging threats. The platform integrates NDR with Network Performance Management (NPM), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and forensics, providing a single, comprehensive solution. By decrypting and analyzing complete packet-level data at wire speed and leveraging cloud-scale machine learning, ExtraHop empowers Security Operations Centers (SOCs) to detect, investigate, and remediate modern cyber risks in real time across their entire hybrid infrastructure, including data center, cloud, and SASE environments. • This comprehensive approach and market innovation have earned ExtraHop unique recognition as the only NDR vendor acknowledged as a leader by all major analyst firms, including the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response™, the 2025 Forrester® Wave for Network Analysis and Visibility, the 2024 IDC® Marketscape for NDR, and the 2025 Gigamon® Radar Report for Network Detection and Response. Since 2007, ExtraHop has consistently helped organizations worldwide extract in-depth network telemetry and contextual insights, affirming its commitment to protecting and empowering the connected enterprise. • OUR VALUES • Our culture is rooted in our five Values. These set the expectations for how we work individually and collectively as a team. • Values • Lead with Purpose: We are driven to deliver results that create a positive impact for our customers, partners, and colleagues. • Lead with Purpose: • Act with Integrity: We operate with transparency, authenticity, and always in the best interest of the company. • Act with Integrity: • Find a Way: We are resourceful, tackle hard problems with a sense of urgency and ownership, and do what it takes to get the job done. • Find a Way: • Innovate: We listen to customers, partners, and the market, and respectfully push boundaries and challenge the status quo. • Innovate:
Responsibilities
• Lead and grow a multidisciplinary team of data scientists and software engineers building production machine learning models and supporting systems for behavioral detection. • Drive the research, development, evaluation, and operational monitoring of models that analyze large-scale network telemetry, including time-series and behavioral anomaly detection. • Establish high standards for experimental rigor across the team, including statistically sound experimentation, clear evaluation methodologies, and disciplined model validation. • Own the technical direction for production ML systems supporting behavioral detections, including experimentation frameworks, model lifecycle management, data pipelines, and monitoring. • Collaborate closely with Product Management and Security Research to translate machine learning capabilities into practical detection signals that improve SOC analyst workflows. • Influence the product roadmap by identifying opportunities where applied machine learning can materially improve detection quality and analyst productivity. • Mentor senior data scientists and engineers while fostering a culture of scientific rigor, intellectual curiosity, and technical ownership. • Represent the machine learning function in cross-organizational discussions and communicate technical strategy and outcomes to senior leadership. • Stay current with advances in machine learning research and engineering practices and guide the team in adopting techniques that meaningfully improve detection performance.
Benefits
• Employees' wellbeing is top of mind for the ExtraHop team. Employees and their families will have the option to participate in the following benefits: • Employees' wellbeing is top of mind for the ExtraHop team. • Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits • Flexible PTO, Sick Time Prorated Based on Date of Hire, and All Federal Holidays (US Only) + 3 Days of Paid Volunteer Time • Non-Commissioned Positions may be eligible to participate in the Annual Discretionary Bonus Plan • FSA and Dependent Care Accounts + EAP, where applicable • Educational Reimbursement • 401k with Employer Match or Pension where applicable • Pet Insurance (US Only) • Parental Leave (US Only) • Hybrid and Remote Work Model • Our people are our most important competitive advantage, leading the charge against cyber criminals. Join the fight today! • To learn more, visit our website or follow us on LinkedIn. • To learn more, visit • our website • or follow us on • LinkedIn • Create a Job Alert • Create a Job Alert • Interested in building your career at ExtraHop? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email.
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