Machine Learning Research Scientist/Senior Machine Learning Research Scientist, Structure and Simulation (AI for Drug Discovery)

The Opportunity

We are building state-of-the-art foundation models and scalable systems to fundamentally transform how large and small molecule therapeutics are designed. We are looking for exceptional machine learning scientists who want to perform high quality research at the intersection of machine learning, structural biology, and physical sciences to directly accelerate drug discovery.

Design and Training Foundation Models

• Design and train foundation models at scale to answer challenging research questions in large-molecule drug discovery and protein engineering.
• Leverage massive structural biology and biophysical datasets, building novel architectures that capture complex geometric and physical priors.

Contribute to Publications and Presentations

• Contribute to publications and present scientific findings at internal and external venues.

Solve Real Problems in Drug Discovery

• Solve real, pressing problems in drug discovery that enable new portfolio capabilities.

Qualifications

• PhD degree in Computational Biology, Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics or related disciplines, with up to 2 years of industry research experience (Scientist) or 2+ years of industry research experience (Senior Scientist).
• Demonstrated experience with Python and deep learning libraries such as PyTorch and/or JAX.
• Demonstrated experience architecting and training deep learning models, particularly utilizing modern approaches (e.g., multimodal representation learning, geometric deep learning, and diffusion models).
• Expertise in molecular dynamics simulations and classical force fields (e.g., AMBER, CHARMM, OpenFF), as well as hands-on experience with molecular modeling tools (e.g., OpenMM, Rosetta).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Public portfolio of computational projects (available on e.g. GitHub).

Pay

The expected salary range for this position, based on the primary location of New York for the ML Scientist, is $141,100 - 262,100, and for the Senior ML Scientist, is $160,900 - 298,700. The expected salary range for this position, based on the location of California for the ML Scientist, is $147,600 - 274,000, and for the Senior ML Scientist, is $168,100 - 312,300.

Benefits

This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

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