
Senior Data Scientist- Remote at Akamai Technologies. Location Information: Israel. . Are you interested in using Data Science to protect millions of people online?. . Do you love transforming cutting-edge research into internet-scale defenses that protect millions of users in real time?. . Join our Firewall for AI Team!. . Akamai's brand-new Firewall for AI delivers multilayered protection for LLM and AI-powered applications. It blocks prompt injection attacks, sensitive data leaks, adversarial queries, hallucinations, and improper model outputs.. . Shape the Future of Akamai AI Security. . You will investigate emerging attack techniques and trends in AI security, design robust detection mechanisms, and develop machine learning models. The work is highly product-oriented, with direct impact on the features and protections delivered to the world's largest enterprises.. . As a Senior Data Scientist, you will:. . . Designing and fine-tuning classifiers to detect prompt injection, data leakage, hallucinations, and other unsafe or LLM behaviours.. . Collaborating with researchers and engineers to turn insights into detection systems and safety metrics for production use.. . Shaping our ML ecosystem - define tooling, data . pipelines. , and best practices while establishing the team's end-to-end machine-learning workflows.. . . Do what you love. . To be successful in this role you will:. . . Have 5+ years of hands-on experience in data science, including model development, evaluation, and deployment at scale.. . Bring practical expertise with large language models (LLMs) - including training, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and evaluation techniques.. . Be skilled with crafting high-quality datasets - collect, clean, label, enhance, and synthesize large datasets to maximize model performance while meeting privacy and compliance requirements.. . Be experienced with ML production pipelines - including model versioning, continuous training, deployment workflows, and ongoing monitoring.. . Bring background knowledge in information security, particularly in the evolving space of GenAI security.. . . Build your career at Akamai. . Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.. . With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.. . Learn more. . Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.. . . .