Join an elite technical team bridging the gap between cutting-edge computer science and biology. As a Research Engineer, you will pre-train, optimize, and interpret large-scale biological models. This role focuses on high-impact research through a rigorous engineering lens, directly influencing the next generation of frontier AI models in a high-growth environment.
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Research Engineer (Member of Technical Staff) at Anthrogen
Are you a brilliant CS or Bio-CS graduate with experience in a frontier AI lab? Join an elite San Francisco team pre-training foundational models at the intersection of biology and artificial intelligence. This Research Engineer role offers the rare opportunity to apply world-class engineering to biological discovery, working alongside the brightest minds from MIT and Caltech. If you want to build and interpret the models that will define the future of biotechnology, this is your chance to make a massive impact at the ground floor of a high-growth startup.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Biotechnology
Anthrogen is a biotechnology startup developing protein foundation models through artificial intelligence and deep learning to design new-to-nature peptides and proteins. Their technology unlocks the ability to generate novel molecular machines with atomic precision, significantly accelerating the discovery of therapies, ultra-efficient catalysts for sustainable manufacturing, and other molecular innovations.
What you'll do
What you will do
- Lead the engineering efforts for pre-training and scaling frontier biological models using state-of-the-art infrastructure.
- Develop and implement novel techniques for model inference, optimization, and interpretability to understand complex biological systems.
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team of researchers to bridge the gap between theoretical AI research and practical biological application.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- 1-2 years of experience within a frontier AI lab or a research-focused startup environment specializing in model development.
- Graduate of a top-tier CS program (e.g., MIT, Caltech) with a strong preference for candidates with dual backgrounds in Computer Science and Biology.
- Proficient in deep learning frameworks and high-performance computing, with a proven ability to solve open-ended research problems through an engineering lens.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Work at the bleeding edge of AI and Biology, applying massive scale compute to solve fundamental scientific challenges.
- Join an elite cohort of researchers and engineers from world-class institutions like MIT and Caltech in a high-intensity lab setting.
- High-autonomy environment in San Francisco where your engineering contributions directly shape the architecture of proprietary foundational models.
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