AI Research Scientist: Biological Discovery & Innovation

alleninstitute; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401k plan

Job summary

The Allen Institute accelerates science for a healthier world through large-scale research and open dissemination of tools and data. This AI BioDesign role focuses on inventing scalable AI/ML methods for biological discovery, not merely applying existing techniques.

You will work with scientists and engineers, evaluating model performance and contributing to publications, benchmarks, and reusable methods, in a collaborative, research-driven environment.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computational Biology, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing and evaluating novel AI/ML approaches for complex, large-scale datasets.
• Proficiency in Python and modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX).

Responsibilities

• Develop, train, and evaluate large-scale AI/ML models across diverse biological data types.
• Investigate new modeling paradigms (representation learning, generative models, foundation models, multimodal learning).
• Translate scientific questions into well-posed computational frameworks, experiments, and benchmarks.
• Assess model behavior, limitations, and interpretability in scientific contexts; communicate findings clearly.
• Design and run experiments at scale, including benchmarking and model analysis.
• Build reusable modeling frameworks and reference implementations for cross-team use.
• Document methods and support reproducibility and open science practices.
• Contribute to publications, benchmarks, and methodological work; participate in collaborations and seminars.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Independent work

Education

PhD in CS / related field

Tools

Python

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

The Allen Institute accelerates science for a healthier world through large-scale research and open dissemination of tools and data. This AI BioDesign role focuses on inventing scalable AI/ML methods for biological discovery, not merely applying existing techniques.

You will work with scientists and engineers, evaluating model performance and contributing to publications, benchmarks, and reusable methods, in a collaborative, research-driven environment.