Machine Learning Researcher (Remote)

Remote

Machine Learning /Full-Time/ Remote

PostEra is building a modern 21st century biopharma. We're using our advances in machine learning to accelerate Medicinal Chemistry and bring more cures to patients. PostEra advances small molecule programs through partnerships with biopharma while also advancing its own internal pipeline. We've raised $26M from top investors and closed $1Bn in AI partnerships, signing multi-year agreements with Amgen, Pfizer and the NIH. PostEra also launched and led the world's largest open-science drug discovery effort; COVID Moonshot.

About the role

• This role will be focused on developing machine learning algorithms to design molecular structures, forecast chemical properties, and solve other hard problems across the drug discovery space.
• You will work closely with domain experts in drug discovery to curate datasets, benchmark algorithms, analyze biotech assay results, deploy models, and relentlessly get to the truth about what works and what doesn’t in tools for drug discovery. Your favorite tool is whichever one helps the world cure more diseases faster, full stop.

Desired skills and experience

• At least 2-3 years of industry experience applying ML to 'real-world' problems.
• Comfort with modern development and deployment tools (Git, Linux, AWS).
• Proven competence in modern deep learning architectures.
• Follows deep learning research trends such as transformers and GNNs.

Bonus

• Experience in applying ML to chemistry or drug design problems.
• Experience scaling up ML pipelines and researching the impact.

Salary: 120k-180k

Equity: 0.05% - 0.20%

Visa Sponsorship: Must be authorized to work in the US

Location: Remote based in the US

Hiring Manager: Tony Schroeder

Visit us at postera.ai