Roche · 5 months ago
Senior ML Scientist, Foundation Models (Prescient / AI for Drug Discovery)
New York City
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$141K/yr - $262K/yr
5+ years expRoche is a leading company in healthcare innovation, focusing on advancing science and ensuring access to healthcare. They are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Scientist to develop Foundation Models that will enhance drug discovery through cutting-edge machine learning techniques. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and solving complex problems in the life sciences.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsOncologyPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Participate in cutting-edge research and development in LLMs for various, cutting-edge internal applications, including drug discovery/development and biomedical problems
Develop LLMs, including data engineering, pretraining, finetuning, post-training, and evaluation as well as deploy models in production environments, working closely with other engineers to ensure scalability and reliability
Solve core ML and engineering challenges including the design, implementation, and scaling of our data, training, and deployment pipeline
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across both Prescient Design and gRED to solve complex problems in the life sciences
Qualification
Required
You have an MS/BS in Computer Science, Statistics, related field, or equivalent experience and 5+ years of industry experience in machine learning, or a PhD in Computer Science and related field and 2+ years of industry experience
You have demonstrated success in technical capabilities, deploying machine learning models in production environments or in ML/LLM research
You have strong programming skills in Python
You have extensive experience with deep learning/LLMs
A dynamic and resilient individual who excels in a rapidly evolving environment, taking initiative on projects and continuously learning and adapting to new challenges and opportunities
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
Experience collaborating with external scientific partners, such as academic institutions or industry research groups
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.
This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.
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
SoftBankSCALE AINovartis
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 VP of Software and Bioinformatics, Next Generation Sequencing
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