Software Engineer, AI Platform

Chai Discovery • San Francisco, CA

2d

About The Position

Chai builds the design suite for molecules. We train frontier models that learn the underlying foundations of biochemical structure and interaction, so scientists can move faster and pursue targets that other methods cannot reach. AI is reinventing life sciences the same way it reinvented software engineering, and Chai is at the forefront of this shift. Leading pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and Novartis are adopting our platform to power their drug discovery programs. We value diverse perspectives and are ready to find greatness in unexpected places.

Build the AI platform that lets scientists direct research programs with agents. As agents become more capable, they will increasingly use Chai’s foundation models to design molecules and guide experiments. We believe scientists should be able to work at the level of the questions they want answered and delegate more of the work required to answer them; you will build the platform that makes this possible.

Work with scientists and researchers to define how people, agents, and models work together throughout a therapeutic research program.
Build products that shorten the cycle from an idea to an experiment to the next decision, while keeping scientists able to understand and direct the work.
Build the core abstractions for agent execution, model inference, and scientific tools so new capabilities can work together across the workspace.

Requirements

• Strong software architecture and product judgment.
• Depth in complex applications or agent systems.
• Ability to find clear abstractions in a messy domain.
• Ability to build systems that hold up as their scope grows.
• Practical understanding of where agents fail and how to tell whether they’re doing useful work.

Responsibilities

• Build the AI platform that lets scientists direct research programs with agents.
• Work with scientists and researchers to define how people, agents, and models work together throughout a therapeutic research program.
• Build products that shorten the cycle from an idea to an experiment to the next decision, while keeping scientists able to understand and direct the work.
• Build the core abstractions for agent execution, model inference, and scientific tools so new capabilities can work together across the workspace.

Benefits

• The opportunity to work at the vanguard of AI research and frontier biology, with world-class people, on a mission that matters.
• A culture of high velocity and ownership.
• Competitive compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed