CareerPlan

Machine Learning Scientist, Scientific Reasoning Models, AI for Drug Discovery

New York City, USFull-time$141k–$262k2026-02-11 → 2026-11-11
Based in United States

Core

Design and scale large machine learning systems, specifically internal reasoning Large Language Models (LLMs), to enable biomolecular design and other drug discovery tasks.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning scientist (scientific reasoning & LLMs)

Builds

Scalable distributed ML systems and reasoning LLMs for drug discovery

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / AI for Drug Discovery

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Large-scale distributed ML system design, LLM development and post-training, scientific reasoning, high-performance computing, software engineering, hypothesis testing, algorithm implementation

Preferred skills

Molecular modality experience (protein sequences, chemical graphs), open-source ML contributions

Technologies

Large Language Models, distributed machine learning systems, high-performance computing clusters

Responsibilities

Design and implement large-scale distributed ML systems; Develop strategies to improve model performance on scientific reasoning tasks; Translate biological/chemical knowledge into ML objectives and evaluation criteria; Design evaluation methodologies and benchmarks; Collaborate with researchers to translate prototypes into production-ready systems

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC