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Machine Learning Research Scientist

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Anthrogen

Startup
Category
Technical
Experience
0-3 years
Type
Full-Time
Location
San Francisco, CA, US
Salary
$120,000 - $180,000
Job Description
Benefits & Culture
Competitive pay
Equity options
Full health
Dental
Relocation assistance
Core Values
Mission driven
Ownership
Autonomy
Impact
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Responsibilities

  1. Work on in-house protein language models — design, build, test
  2. You will be implementing your own ideas
  3. Work with lab team to produce the best proteins possible
  4. You will be expected to be deep in the THEORY and Implementation
  5. We will NOT be hiring any “ML engineers” or “Idea people”
  6. Work with the team on all of the above and more!

Qualifications

  1. PhD required in Computer Science/Statistics/Machine Learning/Math.
  2. Publication(s) in Math and/or THEORETICAL Machine Learning
  3. Preferred venues: NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AISTATS, UAI, JMLR/TMLR, IEEE TIT/PAMI, Annals of Math/Stats
  4. Has led/initiated their own research processes and is comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
  5. Must know how to code well
  6. Extremely strong math background.
  7. You will need to learn more math
  8. Will learn and adapt quickly—we are an early-stage startup and things will break. We want someone who is willing to roll their sleeves up with us and fix things.
  9. Excited about what we do! We are highly mission driven if you don’t care about making an impact we are not the right fit. If you aren’t willing to do everything it takes to change the world we are also not the right fit. Of all the things on this list, this is perhaps the only non-negotiable.

Benefits

  1. Competitive pay ($120k-180k/year) + equity options (0.5-1.5%).
  2. Full health and dental.
  3. We’re based in SF. Depending on the nature of the work, if relocation is necessary, we will make sure to cover all related costs.