Goodfire is looking for a Forward Deployed Research Scientist (Biology) to work directly with customers to develop new techniques for understanding and designing large biological foundation models, revolutionizing research across scientific domains.
Requirements
- PhD/MD or equivalent experience in biology, with a strong ML background and experience in computational biology or bioinformatics.
- Deep familiarity with large models and a passion for understanding how they work.
- Fluency in Python and ML frameworks such as PyTorch.
- Experience leading research in a forward deployed environment and in service of a customer’s requirements.
- Familiarity with interpretability, alignment, or safe model development.
- Experience in startup or fast-paced lab environments.
Responsibilities
- lead scientific research with our partners to interpret advanced biological foundation models (genomic foundation models, ViTs, PLMs) to uncover what they’ve learned.
- own research delivery on high-stakes projects with customers and do whatever it takes to make delivery successful, including: problem and hypothesis definition, data sourcing, tool building, iteration, and implementation.
- Translate research into tools for real-world applications in precision medicine, digital pathology, drug discovery, and more.
- Work directly with customers to conduct original research in interpretability and computational biology.
- Prototype techniques to visualize and manipulate internal model structures.
- Collaborate with engineering to turn research into production-ready tools.
- Drive partnership success by collaborating closely with our customers and partners.
Other
- Strong writing and communication skills for explaining complex ideas.
- Drive to move quickly and take ownership.
- Put mission and team first
- Improve constantly
- Take ownership and initiative
- Action today
