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Founding Research ML Engineer

Founding Research ML Engineer

Hybrid

Redwood city, United states

Junior

Full Time

24-02-2026

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Skills

Monitoring Research Data collection Machine Learning benchmarking

Job Specifications

Early-stage, cybersecurity investment (valued over $100M at Seed), founded by a successful serial entrepreneur, is looking to hire a Founding Research with a strong background in Machine Learning (LLM), cybersecurity (ideally, exposure to endpoint solutions), and data telemetry

Summary:

Help architect the core ML pipelines and codebase for an industry-first solution in security. Our ideal candidate will be able to take research-grade ML experiments and ensure they can be run in a stable and repeatable manner in the enterprise.

Key Qualifications:

Advanced degree in CS (or a related field) with 4+ years industry experience and 1+ years working with LLM's in a large-scale production environment
Prior experience with a zero-to-one
Proven ability to collaborate across different teams and adapt to new fields
Previous publication history related to this domain would be ideal

Responsibilities:

Design and implement data collection and telemetry systems that capture, process, and analyze large-scale security or operational data streams in real time
Research and develop novel methods for threat detection, anomaly analysis, and behavioral modeling using statistical, ML, or signal-processing techniques
Collaborate with infrastructure and data teams to ensure telemetry pipelines are secure, performant, and privacy-preserving across distributed environments
Translate research insights into production-ready systems, validating results through experimentation, benchmarking, and continuous monitoring

Please note:

There are no fees associated with any of the support we provide our investments. Greylock Talent provides free candidate referrals/introductions to all of our active investments (one of the many services we provide).

Due to the volume of applicants we typically receive, a follow-up email will not be sent unless a match is identified.

About the Company

We are the first partner for founders. Over 80% of our investments are the first check: Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A. Many start on a whiteboard. Focused on AI-first companies. We partner selectively, care deeply, and strive for excellence. We back founders who are building disruptive enterprise and consumer software companies such as: Airbnb (Nasdaq: ABNB), Abnormal Security, Adept AI, AppDynamics, Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), CATO Networks, Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN), Discord, Dropbox (Nasdaq: DBX), Figma, Inflection, Insta... Know more