Roche · 2 months ago
Principal Machine Learning Scientist, Foundation Models, AI for Drug Discovery
New York City
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$186K/yr - $345K/yr
2+ years expRoche is a healthcare company focused on innovation and access to essential healthcare. They are seeking a Principal Machine Learning Scientist to lead research in machine learning applications for drug discovery, collaborating with cross-functional teams and driving research directions for foundation model applications.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsOncologyPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Participate in cutting-edge research in machine learning with applications to drug discovery and development
You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across Genentech and Roche to solve complex problems in multimodal and representation learning
You will provide technical leadership in machine learning, both in research and engineering, driving and shaping research directions for foundation model applications to drug discovery across Genentech and Roche
You will be expected to contribute to and drive publications, and present results at internal and external scientific conferences
Qualification
Required
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
At least 2-7 years of relevant work experience
Strong publication record and experience contributing to research communities, including conferences like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AISTATS, UAI, CVPR, ACL, etc., including at least one first-author publication or equivalent
Strong programming skills in languages like Python, C++, Java, or Go
Extensive experience with deep learning frameworks like PyTorch
Preferred
Intense curiosity about the biology of disease, drug discovery, and development
Passion to contribute to scientific and computational efforts
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
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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