Genesis Molecular AI
ML Research Scientist, Foundation Models (Senior / Staff / Principal)
San Mateo, CA +2 · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jul 30, 2025
- Location
- San Mateo, CA
New York, NY
Remote - Education
- PhD in machine learning, computer science, or other computational sciences, or equivalent research experience is preferred.
About the job
Lead research and develop generative and predictive foundation models for molecular systems to advance drug discovery.
What you'll do
- Lead research projects from conception through implementation, designing models and algorithms and running large-scale experiments.
- Collaborate with engineers and drug discovery experts to apply research to the drug discovery platform.
- Publish and present research, and mentor researchers and engineers.
What they ask for
- Deep learning expertise with a portfolio of novel research in generative or predictive modeling.
- Strong coding skills, including the ability to build, debug, and ship models.
- Independent research ownership and strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Willingness to learn about AI, physics, chemistry, and biology; prior biology or chemistry experience is not required.
Nice to have
- PhD in machine learning, computer science, or other computational sciences, or equivalent research experience demonstrated by a strong publication record.
- Experience with PyTorch, PyTorch Lightning, Ray Distributed Training, PyTorch Geometric, distributed training and inference on GPU clusters, or molecular data and related fields.
Tools
diffusion models, flow matching, RL, LLMs, Pytorch, Pytorch Lightning, Ray Distributed Training, Pytorch Geometric
AI focus
Research and build generative and predictive foundation models for molecular systems, including work on reinforcement learning, model architectures, and pretraining and post-training methods for drug discovery.
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