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Senior Data Scientist

• Location: Seattle WA Remote overlapping with Continental US time zones
• Reporting to: Director of Data Science
• Compensation: Competitive salary plus benefits

Role Overview:

Join F5s Data & Insights team as a Senior Data Scientist and make a measurable impact on teams making decisions with data. Youll use statistical causal machine learning and LLM modeling to create and scale use understanding and leverage of data-enabled decision-making. Succes criteria will include enabling effective actions boosting revenue and streamlining operations. Your work will influence strategic initiatives customer interactions sales strategy and forecasting across F5 Inc.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Analysis and Modeling:

• Develop and deploy advanced statistical models and machine learning algorithms to tackle complex business problems including RCTs and causality modeling.
• Perform exploratory data analysis to uncover trends patterns and anomalies in large datasets.
• Build predictive models to forecast key metrics guide business strategy and tune performance to business needs and constraints.
• Design and maintain scalable data and model pipelines
• Reusable model feature development
• Continuously refine models and processes to improve accuracy and efficiency.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with data science team as well as business analysts data analysts data engineering and functional teams from customer success renewals sales and marketing teams to understand data needs and deliver actionable insights.
• Present your findings and recommendations to senior leadership in a focused clear and engaging way.
• Work with delivery teams to land insights and forecasts in business applications and processes.
• Stay current with the advancements in AI engineering causal modeling forecasting propensity modeling EDA machine learning and NLP.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• Masters or Ph.D. in Data Science Statistics Computer Science or a related field.
• 5 years in data science with a proven track record of delivering impactful insights and models.
• Experience with large-scale datasets and distributed computing tools e.g. Snowflake Azure Data Warehouse Databricks and Spark.
• Have successfully delivered complex projects sustaining ongoing use as part of a business team

Technical Skills:

• Strong knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
• Proficient in programming languages such as Python including use of notebooks tabular data (Pandas Spark) and integration with LLMs (Langchain MCPs).
• Expertise in machine learning frameworks (e.g. TensorFlow PyTorch) and libraries (e.g. scikit-learn PyMC Stan).
• Model development and maintenance (MLFlow) and data lifecycle management.
• Experience with source control (git) and AI copilots (Claude Code)
• Proven ability to optimize model performance for business outcomes.
• Proficiency in LLM prompt engineering.

Project and Delivery Skills:

• Drive and ability to create reliable working data deliverables (MVP) and iterate to required quality.
• Enthusiastic about collaborating with stakeholders to build business solutions.
• Demonstrates ownership and a proactive attitude to make it happen.
• Strong communicator discern what users need to understand and use data; able to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders when necessary.
• Capable of working independently and as part of a team.

Why Join F5

At F5 we harness the power of data to drive business success. As a Senior Data Scientist on our Data Accelerator team youll shape the future of data utilization at F5. Deliver critical insights and data products that empower decision-making across the company. We offer a collaborative and innovative environment that values professional growth and celebrates impactful contributions. Join us and transform data into a cornerstone of F5s success!

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be all-inclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience geographic locations and market conditions as well as to reflect F5s differing products industries and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation bonus restricted stock units and benefits. More details about F5s benefits can be found at the following link: F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

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