Drimva

D. E. Shaw Research

LLM Researcher and Engineer

$450K–$1000K

New York, NY · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026

About the job

Develop and apply large language models to molecular science and drug discovery problems.

What you'll do

  • Scale and optimize large-model training and inference workflows, including pre-training data pipelines and distributed or parallel training.
  • Develop post-training techniques such as reinforcement learning, contrastive learning, and instruction tuning.
  • Work on multimodal learning and integration of non-text modalities such as molecular graphs, 3D structures, and time series.

What they ask for

  • Deep expertise in large-scale machine learning systems, LLM architecture and training, and/or multimodal learning.
  • Strong Python programming skills.

Pay

$450,000–$1,000,000 USD annual base salary

Tools

Python

AI focus

Develop and apply LLMs for molecular science and drug discovery, covering pre-training, post-training, large-scale training and inference, and multimodal learning.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)