[Remote] Data Scientist

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. HiddenLayer is a venture-backed company focused on protecting valuable technologies from adversarial AI attacks. They are seeking a Data Scientist to join their Data Sciences and ML Engineering team, responsible for building and improving models and systems that enhance their security products.ResponsibilitiesBuilding classifiers, detectors, and scoring models on messy, high-stakes security dataDesigning experiments, evaluating trade-offs, and iterating on architectures — not just hyperparametersShaping the prompts, context, tool-use patterns, and supporting content that drive our LLM agentsShipping models behind real traffic, monitoring them, and improving them over timeBuilding the evaluation harnesses and feedback loops that let us know whether a change is actually an improvementSkills3–4+ years of experience delivering models into production environments where they've had to perform, be maintained, and evolveDepth in ML fundamentals. You understand model architectures and can reason about why a given approach is or isn't a good fit for a problemWillingness to experiment. You're comfortable trying genuinely novel approaches when the standard playbook runs outStrong engineering instincts. Your code is something teammates can read, extend, and trust in productionExperience with LLMs in practice. You've worked with LLM-based systems in some real capacity — prompting, context design, tool use, evaluation, or fine-tuningComfort with ambiguity. You're able to frame problems, scope them, and make progress without a fully paved pathAn advanced degree (MS or PhD) in a technical discipline. Strong backgrounds in CS, statistics, physics, math, engineering, and related fields are all welcomeBenefitsFully Remote: We are a completely remote global team. Though we’re distributed, we are intentional about getting the team together a couple of times a year. We offer a generous stipend for your home office setup, annual upgrades to ensure you have a comfortable workspace and a monthly stipend for internet/phone expenses.Comprehensive Health & Wellness Benefits: Better than your average startup healthcare benefits. With five options to choose from, of which are fully subsidized by HiddenLayer, we offer a variety of options to fit each person’s needs. We also offer vision, dental, and 401k offerings.Flexible Time Off: Enjoy unlimited and flexible time off for all salaried employees, in addition to 15 paid company holidays.Commitment to Learning and Development: We support personal growth and education through a dedicated L&D fund that can be used for training, conferences, certifications and industry events.Company OverviewHiddenLayer provides a software-based platform that helps enterprises monitor the inputs and outputs of machine-learning algorithms. It was founded in 2022, and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://hiddenlayer.com.Company H1B SponsorshipHiddenLayer has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 3 in 2024. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.