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Ataraxis AI

Member of Technical Staff, Foundation Models

$100K–$300K

New York HQ · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 3, 2026

Education
PhD degree in machine learning or statistics.

About the job

Develops self-supervised learning methods and foundation models for clinical data, and turns research into evaluated, production-ready systems.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement self-supervised learning methods for training foundation models.
  • Translate machine learning papers into production-ready code and build model evaluation frameworks.
  • Co-author research papers and abstracts, collaborate with engineers and scientists, and co-mentor junior team members.

What they ask for

  • PhD degree in machine learning or statistics.
  • Excellent understanding of core machine learning concepts and foundations of statistics, linear algebra, probability, and machine learning.
  • Excellent skills in Python and PyTorch.
  • Experience in deep learning and self-supervised learning.

Nice to have

  • Papers in A* conferences such as ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS, or CVPR.
  • Experience in survival analysis, multi-modal learning, domain adaptation, causal inference, model interpretability, or computational pathology.

Pay

$100K – $300K USD (base salary)

Tools

Python, PyTorch

AI focus

Research and development of self-supervised foundation models for clinical data, including methods for predicting patient outcomes and treatment response.

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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)