**Role Summary** F5 is seeking an experienced **Data Scientist**, specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and **Large Language Models (LLMs)**, to drive innovation and enhance F5's data-driven decision-making capabilities.
This role will focus on developing and deploying intelligent tools using cutting-edge AI/LLM technologies to strengthen our security measures, optimize systems, and align decision-making processes with business priorities.
You will work hands-on to operationalize data science techniques, contributing to scalable solutions and improving system reliability.
In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including researchers, software engineers, and product leaders, to deliver predictive insights, end-to-end solutions, and secure deployments for AI-powered platforms.
The ideal candidate combines technical acumen, critical reasoning, collaboration skills, and a passion for leveraging AI to transform business and system operations.
**Key Responsibilities** Create solutions for tasks such as automated **red-teaming**, vulnerability detection, adversarial attack simulation, and intelligent defense mechanisms.
Translate stakeholder objectives into technical solution requirements, ensuring clarity and understanding between technical and non-technical teams.
**Required Qualifications** 2-5 years of experience designing, training, and deploying AI/ML models, with hands-on experience working with **Large Language Models (LLMs)**.
Strong programming skills in Python and extensive experience with ML/DL frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar.
Familiarity with AI/LLM libraries such as Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, or equivalent frameworks.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex data challenges effectively.
**Preferred Qualifications** Experience fine-tuning and deploying large-scale language models, including frameworks like vLLM or TGI for LLM optimization.
Knowledge of **LLM security vulnerabilities** and the implementation of mitigation techniques.
Familiarity with **vector databases** (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate) and their use in AI workflows.
Experience with cloud platforms and distributed computing for large-scale AI operations.
Knowledge of statistical analysis, regression techniques, clustering methods, and time series analysis.
Hands-on experience with RLHF to improve alignment and enhance capability of LLMs.At F5, the **Data Science team** plays a critical role in driving innovation, research, and security enhancements.
As a Data Scientist at F5, you will: It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws.
This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.
F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates.
Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary.
F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job.
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**Remote**: Primarily work from designated home location but can come into an F5 office to work or travel to an offsite location as needed.
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