Senior Research Scientist, Mathematical Foundations
Core
Developing new mathematical methods and theories for large-scale foundation models on metagenomic datasets to generate novel biology and accelerate therapeutic research.
Role type
Senior Research Scientist (Mathematical Foundations & AI)
Builds
Frontier AI models for biological discovery and novel protein sequence design
Domain
Life sciences, metagenomics, mathematical machine learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
rigorous quantitative thinking, first-principles problem solving, generative modeling, geometric deep learning, probabilistic modeling, dynamical systems, optimization theory, independent research execution, top-tier publication record
Preferred skills
large-scale model training (billions of parameters), distributed training, domain knowledge in genomics or computational biology
Technologies
metagenomic datasets, large-scale deep learning frameworks
Responsibilities
develop new mathematical methods and theories from scratch, shape research direction within the team, publish at top venues, translate research into models generating novel biology
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC