Cellular Intelligence
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Senior/PrincipalMachineLearningResearcher-BiologicalFoundationalModels
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“Senior/Principal Machine Learning Researcher - Biological Foundational Models at Cellular Intelligence. Skills: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Foundational Models, Biological Data. Design, train, and optimize foundational models. Collaborate with computational biologists”
What You'll Achieve.
transforming biology from trial-and-error into an engineering discipline; enable rational protocol design; context-specific drug effect prediction; systematic disease modeling; transform healthcare
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
6+ years of experience in machine learning, transformer-based deep learning, large-scale data analysis, Python, deep learning frameworks, PyTorch, TensorFlow, building and optimizing large-scale models, transformer-based architectures, independent research, end-to-end model development, prototyping to production
Nice to Have
PhD with a publication record in top machine learning and/or computational biology journals, extensive background in biological research, biological modeling, single-cell RNA sequencing data, reinforcement learning, diffusion models, multi-modal architectures, structured, high-dimensional data, startups or fast-paced environments, self-directed, proactive work style
What You'll Do.
and optimize foundational models
Collaborate with computational biologists
Ensure models produce biologically meaningful outputs
Engage with biological questions
Design and implement novel deep learning architectures
distributed pipelines
Provide mentorship and technical guidance
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate closely with computational biologists; Work alongside a talented and passionate team
Full Job Description
About Cellular Intelligence Cellular Intelligence (CI) is an AI-native TechBio company building a universal foundation model of cell signaling to understand, predict, and ultimately control cellular behavior, transforming biology from trial-and-error into an engineering discipline. We take a full-stack approach, generating perturbation data at over 1,000x the efficiency of conventional methods, capturing millions of time-resolved treatment combinations per experiment, and training large-scale models that generalize across contexts to enable rational protocol design for regenerative medicine, context-specific drug effect prediction, and systematic disease modeling. Our founding team includes repeat AI entrepreneur Dr. Micha Breakstone (Chorus.ai http://Chorus.ai, acquired for $575M), the Head of the Fundamental AI Group at MIT, and four professors from Harvard Medical School and the University of Washington, including the Chair of Genetics at Harvard, collectively holding five National Academy memberships. Based in Boston, CI has raised over $60M to date from Khosla Ventures, CZI, SciFi VC, and AMD Ventures, and is rapidly scaling its world-class team. Cellular Intelligence's Core Values: - We show up – fully accountable, all-in, doing whatever it takes - We act with urgency – swift, decisive, proactive - We support one another – collaborative, helpful, empathetic Location: Boston, MA (onsite, full-time) About the Role: As a Senior Machine Learning Researcher - Biological Foundational Models, you will play a key role in developing foundational models for single-cell RNA sequencing data. Working closely with other machine learning researchers and computational biologists, you’ll design cutting-edge AI solutions, contribute to pioneering research, and help build the core infrastructure driving Cellular Intelligence’s cell-replacement therapy platform. This role is ideal for a machine learning expert driven by scientific inquiry and eager to pioneer biological discoveri
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