Postdoc: Generative AI for Protein Structures

State University of New York at Buffalo; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious university is seeking a highly skilled Postdoctoral Fellow to lead the computational development of a novel generative AI framework for structural biology. This role focuses on integrating X-ray scattering data to model protein ensembles, utilizing advanced GPU workflows. The position requires a completed doctoral degree in a related field and advanced proficiency in PyTorch and distributed training techniques. A competitive salary range of $70,000 - $85,000 is offered for this full-time position based at the university's downtown campus.

Qualifications

• Completed doctoral degree requirements by start date.
• Strong understanding of model stability and gradient accumulation.
• Familiarity with geometric deep learning or diffusion architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical evolution of project for protein ensemble modeling.
• Implement next phase from rigid-body models to sophisticated systems.
• Resolve hardware-specific performance challenges across GPU environments.
• Design new loss functions and data integration from experimental data.

Skills

Expert-level proficiency in PyTorch

Expert-level proficiency in JAX

Experience with Distributed Training

Managing large-scale GPU workloads

Understanding of mixed-precision training

Education

Doctoral degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

Tools

CUDA for hardware-specific performance

Docker

Singularity

Job description

A prestigious university is seeking a highly skilled Postdoctoral Fellow to lead the computational development of a novel generative AI framework for structural biology. This role focuses on integrating X-ray scattering data to model protein ensembles, utilizing advanced GPU workflows. The position requires a completed doctoral degree in a related field and advanced proficiency in PyTorch and distributed training techniques. A competitive salary range of $70,000 - $85,000 is offered for this full-time position based at the university's downtown campus.