General Prism Job Application
A 501(c)(3) science-and-technology research institute/foundation operating direct Neuro-AI research, life-sciences programs through Radial, and an open-science residency program.
About Astera Institute
Astera Institute supports and operates open public-goods work for science and technology. Its current activities include neuroscience-informed AGI research, AI-enabled life-sciences programs, open datasets and publishing infrastructure, and residencies for early-stage projects.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will contribute to Prism in an area that matches your expertise, such as computational and data science, machine learning research, dataset generation, software engineering, program management, communications, or open-science community building. You will work on protein dynamics and open scientific infrastructure.
Requirements
- Familiarity with protein biophysics and experimental structural-data methods
- Ability to drive projects and collaborators
- Ability to own problems end to end
- Commitment to open science and public-good infrastructure
- Ability to work across disciplines
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Track record of independent work in collaborative teams
Responsibilities
- Process diffraction and structural data
- Analyze multiconformer and heterogeneous datasets
- Develop data standards and macromolecular ensemble metrics
- Research machine learning for protein dynamics and experimental data
- Generate and release structural datasets
- Build scientific data infrastructure and tooling
- Support program management, scientific coordination, communications, publishing, or community building
Hiring Process
Submit a CV and a paragraph describing your contribution; submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis; the employer will contact candidates if there is a fit.