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Senior Research Scientist, Machine Learning (BioFM)

Toronto, Ontario💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-08 → 2026-09-27

Core

Design and train next-generation Biological Foundation Models (BioFMs) to decode RNA biology and identify novel drug targets for human health.

Role type

Senior Research Scientist, Machine Learning (BioFM)

Builds

Production ML models for genomic and transcriptomic data

Domain

Drug discovery, Computational Biology, Genomics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning architecture design, Foundation model pre-training, Genomic sequence modeling, Large-scale model training and debugging, PyTorch, Massive dataset engineering

Preferred skills

First-author publications in top-tier venues, Technical project leadership, Cloud computing (GCP), Open-source contributions

Responsibilities

Lead creative research and architecture design for BioFMs on massive-scale genomic datasets; Integrate deep biological priors into model architectures; Implement, train, and evaluate large-scale models to demonstrate scientific validity; Mentor junior scientists and engineers; Share research findings via publications and internal presentations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship

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