Roche · 4 months ago
Machine Learning Engineer, Foundation Models (Prescient / AI for Drug Discovery)
New York City
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$141K/yr - $262K/yr
2+ years expRoche is a company dedicated to innovating healthcare and ensuring access to necessary medical solutions. They are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer for their AI for Drug Discovery group to develop backend systems for AI/ML-powered drug discovery applications. The role involves collaboration across teams to solve complex life sciences problems using advanced machine learning techniques.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsOncologyPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Develop various, cutting-edge internal AI/ML-based applications for drug discovery and development
Develop across the lifecycle of LLMs including data engineering, pre-training, fine-tuning, post-training, and evaluation
Deploy models in production environments, working closely with other engineers to ensure scalability and reliability
Solve core backend challenges in ML and engineering including the design, implementation, and scaling of our data, training, and deployment pipeline
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across both AIDD and Roche to solve complex problems in the life sciences
Qualification
Required
You have a BS/MS in Computer Science, Statistics, related field, or equivalent experience and 2+ years of industry experience in machine learning; or a PhD in Computer Science and related field and 0+ years of industry experience
You have demonstrated success in technical capabilities deploying machine learning models in industry-grade production environments
Experience in back-end development for LLM-powered agents and tools, or working with Model Context Protocol (MCP)
You have experience in developing LLM/GenAI products and are familiar with open-source AI frameworks like Open WebUI
Strong interest in solving problems in drug discovery and biomedical science
You have strong programming skills in Python and using deep learning frameworks like PyTorch
You have extensive experience with deep learning & LLMs
A collaborative and open-minded team player who values constructive feedback, refrains from judgment, and fosters a positive and respectful team environment
Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences as well as interfacing with scientific and engineering leadership
A passion for solving complex technical problems and a commitment to staying up-to-date with the latest developments in machine learning
An extensive track record of delivering innovative solutions in machine learning
Benefits
Relocation benefits are available for this job posting
A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
Company
Roche
Roche is a pharmaceutical and diagnostics company that offers medicines and diagnostic tests for various medical conditions and diseases.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$7.79BKey Investors
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2021-08-04Post Ipo Equity· $5B
2020-12-07IPO
2020-05-06Post Ipo Equity· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Alan Hippe
Member of the Executive Board - Group CFO
Christine Bakan
Global Head and Group Vice President, Computational Science and Informatics R&D
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