Research Scientist

Isomorphic Labs is applying frontier AI to help unlock deeper scientific insights faster breakthroughs and life-changing medicines with an ambition to solve all disease.The future is coming. A future enabled and enriched by the incredible power of machine learning. A future in which diseases are curtailed or cured starting with better and faster drug discovery.Come and be part of an interdisciplinary team driving groundbreaking innovation and play a meaningful role in contributing towards us achieving our ambitious goals while being a part of an inspiring and collaborative culture.The world we want tomorrow is the one were building today. It starts with the culture at this company. It starts with you.About IsoIsomorphic Labs (IsoLabs) was launched in 2021 to advance human health by building on and beyond the Nobel-winning AlphaFold system. Since then our interdisciplinary team of drug discovery experts and machine learning specialists has built powerful new predictive and generative AI models that accelerate scientific discovery at digital speed.Our name comes from the belief that there is an underlying symmetry between biology and information science. By harnessing AIs powerful capabilities we can use it to model complex biological phenomena to help design novel molecules anticipate how drugs will perform and develop innovative medicines to treat and cure some of the worlds most devastating diseases.We have built a world-leading drug design engine comprising AI models that are capable of working across multiple therapeutic areas and drug modalities. We are continually innovating on model architecture and developing cutting-edge capabilities to advance rational drug design.Every day and with each new breakthrough were getting closer to the promise of digital biology and achieving our ambitious mission to one day solve all disease with the help of AI.Research Scientist - Applied Large Language ModelsYour impactAs a Research Scientist focused on the application of Large Language Models (LLMs) you will play an exciting role in bringing cutting edge technologies to bear across our research areas to transform the drug discovery world as we know it.Working in a highly creative fast-paced and interdisciplinary environment you will be partnering with leading research scientists and engineers to conceive design and develop cutting edge LLM applications that help to unlock new modelling capabilities and predictive power which will be critical to the organisations success. You will draw upon your existing deep understanding and experience whilst learning from those around you to apply novel techniques and ideas to newly encountered computational biology and chemistry problems.Depending on your experience:You will both partner with teams across our existing research areas and create and lead standalone projects bringing together a variety of disciplined scientists and engineers to pursue some of the most ambitious modelling problems through the application of LLMs - as well as providing technical mentorship and people management for others in the ML community at Isomorphic Labs.You will be instrumental in leading machine learning based research projects building the models and algorithms that will power our platform to drive us close to achieving our ambitious mission to one day solve all disease with the help of AI.What you will doContribute to core research in machine learning by pushing the boundaries of Large Language Models in their application to the world of drug discoveryDevelop and refine LLM-driven approaches for multiple use cases across our research areas using your extensive knowledge of the field to modify and apply models and explore their capabilities when applied to complex biological and medical challenges.Identify and create novel ML techniques and the required data to train and apply modelsAnalyse and tune experimental results to inform future experimental directions.Implement and scale training and inference engineering frameworksReport and present research findings and developments clearly and efficiently to both other ML scientists and scientists of different disciplinesIterate collaboratively with scientists and domain experts sharing your own domain experienceSuggest and engage in team collaborations to meet ambitious research goalsDepending on your experience:Provide technical mentorship and guidance to the ML research community advising on projects and shaping our research roadmap based on your deep technical expertise.Provide developmental support to other ML research scientists.Create lead and run ML research projects fostering collaborative and diverse teams to solve high priority modelling problems. Cultivate a diverse and inclusive research culture.Skills and qualificationsEssentialPhD or equivalent practical experience in a technical fieldHighly specialized LLM builder with a passion for and strong experience in applying LLMs to novel problem spacesDeep understanding and experience of model architectures training methods and techniques for application of LLMs including deployment for bespoke use cases and applications established experience in post-training reasoning test-time scaling tool-use alignment agents LLM research as well as reinforcement learning and fine-tuningStrong knowledge of linear algebra calculus and statistics.Experience using ML frameworks such as JAX PyTorch or TensorFlow and scientific software such as NumPy SciPy or Pandas.Depending on your experience: project supervision leadership or management.Strong knowledge of LLM landscape today and likely developments for the near futureExperience working with real-world datasets.Nice to havePhD in machine learning or computer science.Relevant research experience to the position such as post doctoral roles a proven track record of publications or contributions to machine learning codebases.A strong background in biology or medicine enabling you to bridge the gap between advanced AI capabilities and complex scientific problems in drug discoveryExperience working in a scientific environment across disciplines (particularly biology chemistry physics) and with real world biological or chemical datasets and biological or chemistry softwareExperience in computational chemistry bioinformatics or related fields would be highly beneficial along with a track record of applying AI to real-world scientific challengesExperience with multi-parameter optimizationExperience in any of: large scale deep learning generative models graph neural networks deep learning for drug discovery deep learning for computer vision 3D graphics/robotics real-world applied RLCulture and valuesWe are guided by our shared values. Its not about finding people who think and act in the same way. These values help to guide our work and will continue to strengthen it.ThoughtfulThoughtful at Iso is about curiosity creativity and care. It is about good people doing good rigorous and future-making science every single day.BraveBrave at Iso is about fearlessness but its also about initiative and integrity. The scale of the challenge demands nothing less.DeterminedDetermined at Iso is the way we pursue our goal. Its a confidence in our hypothesis as well as the urgency and agility needed to deliver on it. Because disease wont wait so neither should we.TogetherTogether at Iso is about connection collaboration across fields and catalytic relationships. Its knowing that transformation is a group project and remembering that what were doing will have a real impact on real people everywhere.Creating an extraordinary companyWe believe that to be successful we need a team with a range of skills and talents. Were building an environment where collaboration is fundamental learning is shared and every employee feels supported and able to thrive. We value unique experiences knowledge backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact.We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex race religion or belief ethnic or national origin disability age citizenship marital domestic or civil partnership status sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation please do not hesitate to let us know.Hybrid workingIts hugely important for us to share knowledge and build strong relationships with each other and we find it easier to do this if we spend time together in person. This is why we follow a hybrid model and would require you to be able to come into the office 3 days a week (currently Tuesday Wednesday and one other day depending on which team youre in). If you have additional needs that would prevent you from following this hybrid approach wed be happy to talk through these if youre selected for an initial screening call.Please note that when you submit an application your data will be processed in line with our .>> Click to view other open roles at Isomorphic Labs Key Skills Laboratory Experience,Machine Learning,Python,AI,Bioinformatics,C/C++,R,Biochemistry,Research Experience,Natural Language Processing,Deep Learning,Molecular Biology Employment Type : Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1