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Arc Institute · 4 months ago

Machine Learning Research Scientist - Hsu & Konermann Labs

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$168K/yr - $208K/yr

0+ years exp

Arc Institute is a new scientific institution focused on basic science and technology development to understand and treat complex human diseases. They are seeking a Machine Learning Research Scientist to advance generative AI applied to biology, develop ML models for biological data, and contribute to high-impact scientific discoveries in genomics and cell biology.

BiotechnologyNon ProfitTraining

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Train and evaluate state-of-the-art machine learning models for molecular biology and genomics

Develop methods for applying biological language models to the study of both eukaryotic and prokaryotic genome function and gene discovery

Apply recent advances in mechanistic interpretability, such as sparse autoencoders, to the study of genomic language models such as Evo 2

Develop, test, and maintain modular open-source software to accelerate adoption and application of genomic language models

Contribute directly to ongoing discovery projects in the lab in the fields of generative genomics, genome engineering, and therapeutics

Effectively communicate analysis results to experimental scientists as well as computational scientists

Qualification

Machine LearningComputational BiologyDeep LearningPythonBioinformaticsGenetics/GenomicsLinuxDockerData AnalysisVisualizationExperimental DesignCollaboration

Required

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genetics/Genomics, with 0-5 years of industry/academia experience post degree

Hands-on experience with training and evaluating the performance of machine learning models for large datasets

High competency with Python, bash, and standard deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch

Experience with Linux, git/GitHub, Docker, and Jupyter/RMarkdown notebooks

Appreciation for how choices in experimental design affect the data analysis process

Enjoy working collaboratively and cross-functionally with experimental scientists

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonus

Company

Arc Institute

Arc Institute is a biomedical science and research technology company.

Founded in 2021

Palo Alto, California, USA

51-200 employees

https://arcinstitute.org

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