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# Senior Data Scientist II

- **Company:** Akamai Technologies
- **Location:** Cambridge, MA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Big Data, Cloud Computing Security, Domain Name System (DNS), Fraud Prevention and Detection, Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Internet Protocol, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Akamai, Web Application Security, SQL Databases, TCP/IP, Transport Layer Security, Apache Spark, Software Security
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/px8f97urw3

## About the Role

+ Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
 * Have experience working on large datasets using SQL/Spark and Python
 * Have a good understanding of probability, statistics and machine learning algorithms/techniques
 * Demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and enjoy troubleshooting to identify and resolve complex issues
 * Possess practical knowledge of application security products such as bot or fraud detection
 * Have excellent communication and organizational skills and be able to articulate technical information in an easy-to-understand manner
 * Demonstrate Familiarity with Internet protocols including TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, TLS/SSL

## Description

Does developing creative machine learning models addressing application security threats get your head churning?

Join us and use data science to make a positive impact!

Join our Global Web Security group!

Our team is part of the Cloud Security organization. We are responsible for the technologies powering Akamai's security products and protecting some of the world's major internet brands. Working in partnership with other development teams, we design and create highly scalable solutions.

Partner with the best

In this role, you'll play a key part in strengthening security products by analyzing data, addressing customer challenges, and driving product improvements. You'll collaborate across teams to implement solutions, enhance detection accuracy, and provide insights that shape strategy and performance.

As a Senior II Data Scientist, you will be responsible for:

 * Analyzing large sets of data to differentiate legitimate and fraud traffic
 * Developing and implementing detection rules and models to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of the security products.
 * Improving processes to collect, manipulate, present, and analyze large datasets in a production-ready environment
 * Troubleshooting production issues in a very distributed environment