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Research Scientist

San Francisco, CA / NYC, NY / London, UKFull-time$200k2026-04-27 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid · United States, United Kingdom

Core

Developing autonomous AI systems that perform full research loops, including hypothesis formation, experiment design, and scientific insight generation for life sciences.

Role type

Senior IC machine-learning researcher (autonomous AI scientists)

Builds

Production systems for autonomous scientific discovery and long-horizon reasoning

Domain

AI for Science (Life Sciences, Biology, Chemistry)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

machine learning research (RL, representation learning), LLM pre-training and post-training, complex domain application, PyTorch/JAX programming, research-to-production translation

Preferred skills

long-horizon reasoning, multi-step decision making, sampling and exploration in complex environments

Technologies

PyTorch, JAX, LLMs

Responsibilities

Develop models for long-horizon scientific reasoning, design post-training methods for multi-step decision making, work on sampling and evaluation in complex environments, build systems moving from research to production, collaborate with scientists to define and validate problems

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC