Research Scientist

Chai Discovery•San Francisco, CA

160d

About The Position

Chai Discovery is seeking research scientists with exceptional insight to lead new directions in their work. This role involves contributing to various stages of AI model development, including pre-training large diffusion models, architecture design, post-training, and inference time scaling. The company utilizes cutting-edge ideas from both their domain and the broader scientific field. Their models have advanced beyond protein structure prediction to therapeutic engineering, with significant potential for future development. The team comprises individuals from diverse backgrounds such as physics, mathematics, theoretical computer science, and computational biology. Chai Discovery fosters a highly collaborative and supportive environment where team members are capable, self-sufficient, and contribute to shared objectives. The company emphasizes the importance of assembling the right people with access to the best resources to execute long-term research programs, recognizing that research progress is critical to their mission and business.

Requirements

Outlier insight to drive new avenues for research.
Ability to draw upon the best ideas from within the domain and across the field.
Driven by impact and foundational progress.
Sustained focus, rigor, and results.
Obsession with hard problems and persistence.
Nose for tackling the right questions at the right time.
Grit and curiosity.
Academic training.
Research track record.
Proven industry accomplishments.
Engineering capability.
Literature fluency.

Responsibilities

Drive new avenues for research in AI for molecular design.
Contribute to pre-training large diffusion models.
Engage in architecture design for AI models.
Participate in post-training and inference time scaling of models.
Apply best ideas from the domain and the broader scientific field.
Advance AI models beyond protein structure prediction into therapeutic engineering.