Director, Engineering
Core
Translate long-term vision into actionable engineering roadmaps and operationalize research into production-grade systems for a multimodal AI system predicting and simulating cellular behavior.
Role type
Senior IC engineering director (AI infrastructure)
Builds
Production-grade systems for a Virtual Cell World Model and AI-native engineering framework for drug discovery
Domain
AI-driven drug discovery, computational biology, generative AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Engineering leadership, hands-on coding, architectural design, CI/CD pipeline management, team mentorship, cross-functional orchestration
Preferred skills
Computational biology domain knowledge, MLOps pipeline experience, early-stage startup experience
Technologies
Generative AI, foundation models, GPU clusters, distributed systems
Responsibilities
Translate high-level vision into concrete engineering roadmaps; actively contribute to the codebase as a hands-on leader; build the bridge between research and engineering; enforce standards for automated testing and CI/CD; mentor and level up engineers; partner with executive leadership to align technical execution with goals
