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Research Scientist, Applied Science

Palo Alto, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-23 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop multiscale foundation models to decode and simulate human biology, specifically engineering the virtual cell to model and simulate the fundamental unit of life.

Role type

Senior IC research scientist (AI for structural biology)

Builds

AIDO (AI-Driven Digital Organism) framework for predicting, simulating, and programming biology across all scales

Domain

AI for structural biology and drug discovery

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

AI/ML research, computational biology, protein engineering, antibody discovery, binder design, experimental collaboration, software engineering best practices

Preferred skills

postdoc experience, start-up or top research lab experience, biological structure prediction algorithms (Alphafold2 & 3, RosettaFold), generative modeling for biological structures and sequences, leading scientific collaborations, diffusion models, flow matching, protein sequence models

Technologies

Alphafold2, Alphafold3, RosettaFold, diffusion models, flow matching

Responsibilities

Contribute to model development, lead computational discovery efforts in collaboration with external partners, translate research advances into impactful outcomes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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