AI Research Scientist II

1910 Genetics•Boston, MA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

We are the only AI-native biotech, pioneering small and large molecule therapeutics discovery by integrating massive multimodal data, frontier AI models, and high-throughput lab automation into an infrastructure for AI-enabled drug discovery. We hire top 1% talent to join our interdisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, researchers, operators, innovators, drug developers, business professionals, and technologists. Join us to build the world’s first AI infrastructure for tech-enabled drug discovery and to deliver a pipeline of diverse drug modalities for all major disease areas. As an AI Research Scientist II at 1910 you will be expected to roll up your sleeves as an Individual Contributor (IC) by keeping up with relevant scientific literature, prototyping promising methods, and contributing to our active drug design campaigns by applying 1910’s productionized AI/ML models.

Requirements

PhD in a relevant discipline (Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry, etc.)
2 years of relevant industry experience (AI, Drug Discovery, etc.)
A strong understanding of statistics and classical machine learning methods (SVM, RF, etc.)
Industry experience training and deploying cutting edge deep learning methods (Transformers, Graph Neural Networks, etc.)
Wet lab validation of at least 1 AI-driven drug discovery initiatives
Demonstrated experience writing clean, maintainable, production-quality Python code, with examples available in code repositories
Familiarity with MLOps and DevOps best practices
Exposure to distributed computing (Microsoft Azure, HPC Cluster, etc.)
Strong track record of publications of individual research in top-tier AI journals and conferences
Ability to demonstrate business value related to developed AI and Machine Learning solutions in biology and medicinal chemistry related to your modeling efforts
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced startup environment with evolving projects and shifting priorities driven by business needs
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create clear documentation for roadmaps, proposals, and related materials

Responsibilities

Propose and prototype AI and Machine Learning solutions that address use cases in 1910’s design pipeline
Apply productized AI and Machine Learning models to advance 1910’s active drug design campaigns with minimal support from senior members of the AI Research Team
Write and publish peer reviewed scientific articles with minimal support from senior members of the AI Research Team
Periodically presenting recent AI research at internal journal clubs
Work cross-functionally with scientific colleagues, being a subject matter expert in how AI and Machine Learning can be used to answer cheminformatics and bioinformatics questions
Keep up-to-date on cutting-edge research in the AI for drug discovery space