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Machine Learning Scientist

San Francisco, CA · On-site

The Role We're looking for a Machine Learning Scientist to push the limits of small, high-performance language models. This is a deeply technical role focused on advancing the capabilities of our ...

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Principal, Machine Learning Scientist

San Mateo, CA · On-site

$254K - $290K/yr

Principal, Machine Learning Scientist Department: DS/ML (Data Science/Machine Learning) Employment Type: Full Time Location: San Mateo, CA Reporting To: Hunter Elliot Description The role: We are ...

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Machine Learning Scientist, BioML

Emeryville, CA · On-site +1

$212K - $339K/yr

We're looking for a motivated and creative Machine Learning (ML) Scientist to drive research into models at the intersection of complex protein biology and AI. This position offers an opportunity to ...

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A Learning Scientist studies how people learn and applies research to improve education, training, and instructional design. They combine insights from cognitive science, psychology, education, and technology to develop effective learning environments. Their work may involve designing digital learning tools, analyzing learner behavior, and conducting research to enhance teaching methods. Learning Scientists often collaborate with educators, designers, and policymakers to optimize learning experiences in schools, workplaces, and online platforms.

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Learning Scientists often design and evaluate educational programs, develop new instructional methods, or study how people learn in various environments. Their projects may include collaborating with educators to create digital learning tools, running experiments to measure student engagement or comprehension, and analyzing large data sets to assess the effectiveness of teaching strategies. Many Learning Scientists work closely with curriculum developers, technologists, and policymakers to implement and scale evidence-based improvements. This role provides continuous opportunities to tackle complex, real-world learning challenges while making a measurable impact on educational outcomes.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a learning scientist?

To thrive as a Learning Scientist, you need a solid background in educational psychology, research methods, data analysis, and often a doctoral degree in a related field. Familiarity with learning management systems (LMS), statistical software (such as SPSS or R), and experience conducting experiments or large-scale educational studies is valuable. Strong communication, critical thinking, and collaborative skills help Learning Scientists effectively share insights and work across multidisciplinary teams. These skills are essential for designing evidence-based interventions, analyzing learning outcomes, and driving educational innovation.

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Machine Learning Scientist, Pretraining

Emeryville, CA • On-site, Remote

Profluent
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$212K - $339K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 8 days ago

Job description

Profluent is the frontier AI lab for biology. Profluent builds powerful foundation models for all of life's molecules, unlocking solutions that transform medicine, agriculture, and beyond. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Emeryville, CA, Profluent is backed by leading investors including Altimeter Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Spark Capital, Insight Partners, Air Street Capital, AIX Ventures, and Convergent Ventures and has raised over $150M to date.
The Role
We're looking for a motivated and creative Machine Learning (ML) Scientist to drive research into pretraining large-scale deep learning models for biomolecular design. This position offers an opportunity to work at the forefront of generative modeling research across language processing, representation learning, and protein engineering. You should be a self-directed researcher who has the ability to rapidly prototype and evaluate new models and algorithms in the biomolecular domain.
As an early employee, you will proactively shape the direction of our machine learning efforts and collaborate across diverse teams of computational and experimental scientists.
Responsibilities
  • Design and develop state-of-the-art autoregressive, diffusion and representation learning models for protein design
  • Collaborate across the machine learning and protein design teams to apply, adapt and improve pretraining techniques from other domains to biomolecular deep learning models
  • Architect, implement, and optimize core infrastructure to support the pretraining of protein language models
  • Curate relevant datasets and design tasks for rigorous evaluation of generative models
  • Implement, analyze, and interpret multiple computational approaches and present results to colleagues in regular update meetings
  • Work within a collaborative, fast-paced, interdisciplinary team across biology and machine learning to help shape the scientific and strategic vision of the company

Qualifications
  • PhD (or equivalent industry experience) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Applied Math, Computational Biology, Statistics, or a related field
  • Experience with conceiving of, implementing, and evaluating novel machine learning and pretraining large scale LLMs or other models in biomolecular domain
  • Publications at major machine learning conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR) or scientific journals (Nature, Science, Nature Biotech, Nature Methods, PNAS) or experience pre-training LLMs at frontier AI/ML labs
  • Experience with modern deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch or Jax

Preferences
  • Familiarity with foundational biology of proteins and nucleic acids
  • Experience developing machine learning models for proteins (language models, structure prediction, design)
  • Experience with cloud compute platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI)
  • Previous experience in data extraction and curation from bioinformatics data sources
  • Familiarity with wet lab experimental assays and associated limitations

What We Offer
  • High-growth opportunity with meaningful impact on the future of protein design
  • Competitive compensation package with equity participation
  • 401(k) with a strong employer match
  • Comprehensive benefits including health/dental/vision insurance
  • Generous PTO policy and commitment to work-life balance
  • Professional development opportunities in a cutting-edge field at the intersection of AI and biology

Profluent Bio, Inc is an equal opportunity employer promoting diversity and inclusion in the workspace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding), genetic information, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave, or any other basis protected by law.
Employment Eligibility Verification
Legal authorization to work in the United States is required. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired must verify their identity and work eligibility and complete the required employment verification form upon hire.
Hiring Salary Range
$212,000-$339,000 USD
NOTICE TO STAFFING AND SEARCH FIRMS: Profluent does not accept unsolicited candidate submissions. We ask that agencies refrain from sending resumes to our careers inbox, hiring managers, or any Profluent employee. Any resume submitted without a signed agreement and an active search request from our Talent team will be treated as the property of Profluent, and no placement fee will be owed.

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