Scientist, Protein Design

Chai Discovery Inc.; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Chai Discovery Inc. in San Francisco seeks a highly motivated advisor to anchor our science efforts at the frontier of drug discovery and AI research. You will become an expert in our partners' scientific and therapeutic problems, and help translate hard asks into tangible internal projects.

You will work with our research and engineering teams to guide product and model development, driving high-impact outcomes while enjoying a challenging, rewarding environment.

Qualifications

• Curiosity-driven mindset with strong analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to collaborate.
• Experience in drug discovery, antibody engineering, or protein design is preferred.
• Academic research experience is valued.

Responsibilities

• Advise on key drug programs and become expert on partner problems.
• Translate partner requests into internal projects for research/engineering.
• Drive projects to tackle novel challenges and shape product strategy.
• Support rapid, high-impact deliverables in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Curiosity

Communication

Collaboration

Urgency

High EQ

Teamwork

Job description

About Chai Discovery

Chai builds the design suite for molecules. We train frontier models that learn the underlying foundations of biochemical structure and interaction, so scientists can move faster and pursue targets that other methods cannot reach.

AI is reinventing life sciences the same way it reinvented software engineering, and Chai is at the forefront of this shift. Leading pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and Novartis are adopting our platform to power their drug discovery programs.

We value diverse perspectives and are ready to find greatness in unexpected places.

About the role

We are building out our science team and looking to make a few key hires to anchor the effort, operating at the frontiers of both drug discovery and AI research.

You will be an advisor to some of the most important drug programs of our time, helping solve disease at scale. You will become an expert in our partners' scientific and therapeutic problems. You will operate as a power user who knows all the ins and outs of our technology, ensuring that our partners deploy our platform to maximum effect.

You will be our eyes & ears on the ground, translating our partner's hardest asks into internal efforts, scoping and driving projects to tackle novel challenges alongside our research and engineering teams. Your findings will guide the future of our product, our models, and our approach.

It will be a lot of fun, a lot of work, and extraordinarily rewarding.

About you

We index on ravenous curiosity, outlier aptitude and collaboration smarts. You operate with urgency, have well-honed communication skills, and probably can't sleep if something isn't right.

We value academic research and drug discovery industry experience in antibody engineering, protein design, and computational methods. We are more than willing to bet on rising stars. Low-ego, high-EQ, and performance under pressure are what we're looking for.

We offer

The opportunity to work at the vanguard of AI research and frontier biology, with world-class people, on a mission that matters. We protect & promote a culture of high velocity and ownership. We compensate our team accordingly.