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Breakout Ventures · 2 months ago

Member of the Technical Staff - AI/ML Software Engineer

Cambridge, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

Breakout Ventures is a company focused on leveraging AI to improve the transfer of scientific innovations to real-world applications. They are looking for a Member of the Technical Staff - AI/ML Software Engineer to develop AI and software systems that enhance reproducibility and scalability in scientific research.

Advanced MaterialsEnergyFinancial ServicesLife ScienceVenture Capital

Responsibilities

Develop end-to-end AI and software systems that enable reproducible and transferable science at scale

Design and implement multimodal data pipelines (for both pre-training and reinforcement learning)

Collaborate closely with scientists and engineers across teams to drive alignment and ensure knowledge flows efficiently

Bring cross-functional initiatives from concept to delivery. Establish milestones, communication cadences, and decision-making frameworks

Become customer obsessed. Initiate, support, and lead program execution with external partners and collaborators to capture, document, and deliver results

Develop intuitive, usable tools and UIs in partnership with product and design to support scientist workflows

Evaluate and integrate external tools, open-source models, and strategic partners

Work alongside the biology and operations teams to identify automation opportunities and improve experiment documentation and reproducibility

Qualification

AI/ML product developmentPythonModern ML librariesCloud infrastructureSoftware engineeringData systemsFunctional prototypesCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Strong programming expertise, with experience in software engineering, data systems, machine learning, and/or AI product and model development

Fluency in Python, modern ML libraries (e.g., PyTorch), and cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP)

Demonstrated ability to turn ideas into functional prototypes. Ability to build quickly, test often, and refine thoughtfully—balancing prototypes with production quality as the company scales