Research Scientist Pre-training Research

AI molecular-design company building models and a computer-aided design suite for drug discovery.

Series CRecently funded0 current maintainers0 active leads
San Francisco, United States
About Chai Discovery

Chai Discovery develops generative AI software that predicts and reprograms biochemical molecular interactions to help scientists design biomolecules and medicines.

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About the Role

You will conduct foundation-model pre-training research for molecular structure and interaction. You will design architectural components, training objectives, and data mixes; analyze training curves; and refine training recipes. You will apply ideas from frontier language, image, and video models to advance therapeutic engineering.

Requirements

  • Depth in generative modelling, model architecture, or scaling laws
  • Experience designing and training large models
  • Theoretical grounding in computer science, machine learning, mathematics, or physics
  • Strong research track record

Responsibilities

  • Develop foundation-model pre-training methods
  • Design model architectural components, training objectives, and data mixes
  • Analyze training curves and refine training recipes
  • Adapt ideas from language, image, and video models