Senior AI/ML scientist

We are a Cambridge, UK-based company that uniquely provides Organome platform technology as an entirely new drug discovery paradigm.

The platform enables drug discovery at organ level and is empowered by proprietary generative AI capabilities for organ level mechanism discovery and novel drug design with higher chance of clinical success.

We are looking for an experienced senior AI/ML scientist to join our team. You will work closely with leading experts in AI for biology field including our scientific co-founder, Mo Lotfollahi.

In this role, you will:

• Propose, develop, and evaluate new machine learning models that enable understanding of omics data and its application in drug discovery.
• Take the lead and collaborate with leading experts in the field on developing solutions for the interdisciplinary problems in biology and drug discovery.
• Distill your developed solutions into easy-to-install packages with documentation.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A Ph.D. or MSc. in computer science, mathematics and physics, computationally biology science, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in building, training and fine-tuning natural language models, diffusion/flow matching models and/or large scale vision model based on transformer architecture.
• Experience working with omics data, single cell and perturbational data.
• Proven experience using advanced statistical techniques, machine learning, and modern deep learning techniques.
• Strong knowledge of Python, including core data science libraries such as Scikit-Learn, SciPy, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.
• Knowledge of software development good practices and collaboration tools, including git-based version control, python package management, and code reviews.
• Experience cleaning, exploring, and visualising data using packages such as NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Bokeh, or Plotly.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex machine learning algorithms and statistical methods to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working with cloud environments and tools such as Google cloud, Amazon AWS etc is a bonus.

We trust our people to make significant contributions early on with opportunities to be involved in projects that are key to the success and growth of our young company.

• We offer an attractive, market-oriented salary aligned with your qualifications
• Attractive share option package
• Be part of a pioneering team in the AI-driven drug discovery space and working closely with leading experts in AI for biology
• We offer an individual and well-structured introduction and training when you onboard
• We support your professional and personal development
• Report to a senior member of the team, you will work with other experts investigating fundamental questions in cellular reprogramming, establishment of cellular subtypes and adult cell maturity

We provide a vibrant and dynamic work environment in an exciting, fast-moving time for biology. We work with cutting edge technologies and with our world-leading scientific advisory board. We conduct pioneering work with real-world impact.

We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Please submit your cover letter and CV via LinkedIn.