DataDome Joins the Ranks of Great Places to Work 2024!
DataDome spotlights STEM Day 2022, emphasizing science, technology, engineering, & math education, careers, & women empowerment.
STEM Day is celebrated annually to amplify the importance of introducing and supporting robust science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curriculum to children in all stages of their academic careers. At DataDome, we strongly believe in the importance of investing in STEM education and we make it part of our mission to support STEM initiatives internally and externally.
For example, our Women Empowerment Pod works toward creating mentorship partnerships with external groups that promote the development and support of STEM careers. Additionally, DataDome has partnered with Ada Tech School, a programming school designed for women (but open to all) with the mission to create a creative space and environment conducive to STEM careers. In honor of STEM Day, we asked several BotBusters about their experiences and their careers in STEM.
Before DataDome, I worked for three years as part of a commercial team in the fashion industry. It took me some time to find myself and understand what I really wanted to do. I have always been interested in working with numbers and, after trying several courses, I understood that manipulating data and converting it into valuable insights was exactly the job I was looking for. It took me some time and effort to complete my professional reorientation but it was worth it—I definitely feel that I am where I want to be!
I am part of the operations and analytics team, so I work with the business data for our internal teams. We provide them with insights regarding their KPIs or daily activities that can help strengthen the performance of their departments. My daily routine includes both operational tasks (data cleaning and processing, as well as dashboards creation) and more strategic tasks (manipulating the data that, for example, could help us to define our go-to-market strategy or conduct the pricing audit).
Traveling is number one! I take any opportunity I have to visit new places and continents, explore different cultures, and create new memories that stay with me for life. Since 2019, together with the association team, we are helping people in need in Ukraine (my home country) to make their lives a little better and easier.
I first started my studies with a bachelor in history—and then decided to follow my interest for international relations and diplomacy during the first year of my masters program. My passion and curiosity for defense-related subjects then grew further, and I eventually decided to specialize in strategic studies, security, and defense policies. During the last year of that course, I started to learn more about everything cyber and became highly passionate about protecting my country and its organizations from tomorrow’s biggest threats. In 2020, I joined an Australian cybersecurity consulting company as an intern and ended up staying for two and a half years.
During this first work experience, I learned more about technology and cybersecurity, specializing in governance, risk, and compliance topics. This is the industry I want to work in and I am thrilled to pursue my career at DataDome! This industry is ever-evolving, and every day brings its share of surprises and exciting lessons—and on top of that, I’m able to contribute to the protection of DataDome, which I am very much passionate about. It’s also an empowering field: there are fewer women than men working in STEM, so you’re forced to use your voice and stand up for your ideas, which can then be transposed to your everyday life.
I’m part of the security team and my role revolves around governance, risk, and compliance topics. It’s very stimulating, as I am constantly exchanging with various teams (such as the legal and sales teams). It broadens my understanding of what each team does at DataDome, and helps me better understand how we can implement relevant security measures to protect the organization.
I am passionate about history and more particularly 18th century French history and art. I also deeply enjoy traveling, hiking, horse riding, and discovering new places—especially restaurants. I also love to learn new things in general!
When I was 12, I had my first physics class at school and was amazed by the fact that we could explain many phenomena with science. That’s when I decided I wanted to study physics, and several years later I got my PhD in physics. From there, I changed direction a bit, but remained in a very technical field where what I’ve learned studying physics is often relevant.
I lead the data science practice at DataDome. I focus on applying machine learning and data mining algorithms to cybersecurity, and my day-to-day ranges from deploying machine learning models to studying state-of-the-art solutions that could help us improve our bot detection capabilities.
I love learning about all applications of machine learning (even outside of cybersecurity). I also enjoy cooking and trying out new recipes.
Technology is deeply embedded into our everyday lives. From public transportation to social media to, of course, cybersecurity: code has a constant effect on our lives. It’s hard to find anything that doesn’t run or rely on technology and code. I wanted to contribute to those products and help shape them.
I’m a big believer in tech for good, so I thought I could help people by acquiring technical skills. At DataDome, I know my work helps stop bad actors and goes towards creating a safer internet!
Lots of inspiring women in STEM paved the way for me. Although there are not enough of them, they got me a seat at the table and I’m grateful for that. My all-time favorite is Ada Lovelace, the founder of modern computer science. If you dig deep enough, you’ll find that women have actually made major contributions to the field—and without us, groundbreaking projects like Apollo would not have even taken off.
My team owns all integrations—that is, DataDome’s ability to seamlessly fit neatly within our customers’ tech stack. We build many products, but I contribute to an SDK (software development kit) that adds an extra layer of security on top of mobile apps, stopping bad bots from stealing your credentials or performing denial of service attacks (for example). I mostly write Swift code for our iOS SDK.
It’s incredibly exciting to know that if you use one of our customers’ apps on your iPhone, my code is helping protect you from bad bots and the hackers that program them.
I’m super passionate about technology, but I find a good old fashioned paperback book is a great way to unwind after a day at work. I also love writing in notebooks. I’m lucky enough to live in Paris and there’s never a shortage of new, unexplored parts of the city to discover and explore.
I’m also really into music and can spend hours listening to rock.
At DataDome, every day is STEM Day. STEM education and training are initiatives that can be undertaken for professional development across all our departments. The wide array of backgrounds and talents we’ve gathered ultimately improves our end product and keeps pushing us forward.
