Senior Protein Design Research Scientist

Job Description

Role:Senior Protein Design Research Scientist

Company:Series A, TechBio Startup

Location:London, UK (hybrid)

Salary:80-115k + equity

Interested in working for a protein design company creating the next wave of AI for drug discovery? If you have experience withdesigning proteins, antibodies, or enzymes, I would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

1. Proficient in Python with experience in HPC and cloud environments and with tools like AlphaFold, RosettaFold, ProteinMPNN, etc.
2. Lead the development of protein design filtering and ranking capabilities, leveraging AI and physics-based methods.
3. Experience with pre-training, refinement, fine-tuning, inference, scaling models, and benchmarking predictive methods for protein design.
4. Experience with state-of-the-art deep learning architectures, including diffusion models, protein models/transformers, and GNNs.

Background:

1. A PhD in ML, Protein Design, ML for Antibody Design, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, or related areas.
2. 4+ years of work experience in a technical role within agile, fast-paced environments.
3. Experience with AI protein design, protein structure, and property prediction methods.
4. Experience with protein structure databases and with protein structure preparation and curation.
5. Solid understanding of protein structure and function (e.g., protein-ligand interactions).

Benefits:

1. Great Equity
2. Private Healthcare Insurance (dental + health)
3. Great Pension contribution

Click the Easy Apply button. Looking forward to working with you!

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