Research Assistant Programmer

Wolfram Institute; Concord (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wolfram Institute for Computational Foundations of Science is a nonprofit research organization focused on computational methods in physics, biology, mathematics, philosophy, logic, AI, and economics. We build on Wolfram Research technology and Stephen Wolfram's ideas.

We are seeking a Wolfram Language programmer to help develop formal computational models in biology, medicine, and machine learning, writing code to run experiments, visualize results, and publish findings with a focus on

Qualifications

• Fluent Wolfram Language programmer capable of writing clean, concise, and efficient code for exploration and visualization of computational models.
• Understanding and enthusiasm for the Wolfram approach to science.
• Strong mathematical ability suitable for theoretical and computational work.

Responsibilities

• Assist in writing Wolfram Language to run and visualize computational experiments.
• Explore different parameter spaces and fine‑tune visualizations.
• Document and publish relevant code.

Skills

Wolfram Language

C

Rust

Mathematics

Education

College-level mathematics

Job description

The Wolfram Institute for Computational Foundations of Science is a nonprofit research organization for the computational approach to fundamental science. Our goal is to develop research programs that are theoretically sound and computationally operable in areas including, but not limited to, physics, biology, mathematics, philosophy, logic, artificial intelligence, and economics .

We are building on the technology stack developed by Wolfram Research in the last few decades and the intellectual legacy of Stephen Wolfram's A New Kind of Science and the Wolfram Physics Project.

What you'll do:

We’re looking for Wolfram Language programmers to help develop formal computational models to systematically answer foundational questions in biology, medicine, and machine learning.

Some questions our group, led by Stephen Wolfram, is currently studying:

• Computationally Modeling of the Origin of Life - How did life originate on earth, and how could it originate elsewhere?
• Biological Complexity - Can we formalize (computationally) Darwin’s theory of natural selection and the proliferation of complex forms in biology?
• Computational Clinical Trials - What are, if any, the fundamental limitations to how well treatments can be tested in medicine?
• Laws of Machine Learning - What ubiquitous features of machine learning exist and can we capture those with minimal computational models?

For this role, your main responsibility will be to assist in the writing of Wolfram Language to run and visualize computational experiments. This will involve exploring different parameter spaces, fine-tuning visualizations, and documenting and publishing relevant code.

Who you are

Required Skills:

• Fluent Wolfram Language programmer with the ability to write clean, concise and efficient wolfram language code for the exploration and visualization of various computational models like cellular automata, Turing machines, etc.
• An understanding and enthusiasm for the Wolfram approach to science (https://www.wolframscience.com/)
• College-level mathematical ability
• Ability to author and understand highly optimized code in high-performance languages (C, Rust) for exploring computational models
• General interest and enthusiasm for scientific fields like biology, medicine, machine learning etc.
• Ability to articulate complex results clearly and concisely