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Scientist II / Senior ML Scientist, Data-Efficient Learning for Drug Discovery

Alewife, Cambridge, MA💼 Full-time💰 $228,000–$228,000🗓 2026-08-03 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build data-efficient ML models and learning strategies for drug discovery in low-data regimes, guiding targeted data acquisition for chemical space exploration.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning scientist (data-efficient learning)

Builds

Production ML models, data acquisition strategies, and closed-loop learning workflows for molecular optimization and drug discovery.

Domain

Biopharma / Drug Discovery / Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Active learning, meta-learning, fine-tuning, transfer learning, uncertainty estimation, experimental design, multimodal modeling, low-data regime training, PyTorch, JAX, scikit-learn

Preferred skills

Drug discovery experience, DEL/high-throughput screening, closed-loop experimentation, generative molecular design, causal inference, Bayesian methods

Technologies

PyTorch, JAX, scikit-learn

Responsibilities

Train models on low-quantity, high-quality datasets; design data acquisition strategies; develop multimodal models integrating heterogeneous data; partner with experimental and computational teams; evaluate models via learning curves and prospective validation; translate predictions into practical recommendations for compound selection.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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