Research Scientist - AI for Protein & Molecule Design

present of AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Chai Discovery in San Francisco is seeking researchers to advance AI for drug discovery, focusing on foundation models and practical evaluations. The role emphasizes transforming complex biology problems into robust machine-learning methods rather than biology theory alone.

You will develop data-generation strategies, assess model behavior with rigorous evaluations, and design post-training techniques that perform well on real-world tasks. Strong ML and quantitative skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong ML research background applied to large models.
• Experience evaluating model behavior and performance.
• Ability to translate messy biology into ML-methods.

Responsibilities

• Plan data-generation efforts for foundation models.
• Build evaluations that measure model behavior honestly.
• Design post-training approaches that work on practical tasks.
• Collaborate with pre-training researchers and engineers.

Skills

ML depth

Quantitative background

Tools

Structure prediction tools

Probability & statistics

Job description

Chai Discovery in San Francisco is seeking researchers to advance AI for drug discovery, focusing on foundation models and practical evaluations. The role emphasizes transforming complex biology problems into robust machine-learning methods rather than biology theory alone.

You will develop data-generation strategies, assess model behavior with rigorous evaluations, and design post-training techniques that perform well on real-world tasks. Strong ML and quantitative skills are essential.