Senior Research Engineer

Key Skills

Deep Learning, Docker, JAX framework, Linux Operating system, Machine learning techniques, Python Programming, PyTorch

Job Description

Are you a Senior Research Engineer - BioAI

At BioAI, we advance healthcare and push the boundaries of medical science through a combination of expertise in biology and machine learning. We launched a portfolio of initiatives across drug discovery and design, protein engineering, etc. In Dec. 2020, InstaDeep released DeepChain, an AI-powered, cloud-native, GPU-accelerated platform for protein design. Its core functionalities are built on a proven optimization framework leveraging state-of-the-art search algorithms and protein language models. Another key research area is the development of next-generation vaccines and biopharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer and the prevention and therapy of infectious diseases, including COVID-19.

If so then keep reading…. 

As a Senior Research Engineer - BioAI you’ll be a part of the BioAI department, In collaboration with research engineers and computational biologists from the BioAI team, you will be leading and contributing to the development of new approaches in molecular modelling, protein interactions, protein designs and other related domains, by applying your technical, analytical, research, and management skills. You will understand the underlying bioinformatics and business problems and follow the latest developments in both machine learning and biology to identify the right technologies and set the directions to solve the problems, improve the existing solutions and take part in the commercial deployment of their solution. You will lead and collaborate with a multi-functional team, experiment with different approaches, analyse and communicate the results, in order to deliver proof of concepts, and minimum viable products, and ensure continuous improvement and maintenance for industrialised solutions. You will also be responsible for writing high-quality, maintainable, well-documented, and modular software libraries.

Keywords: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Language Models, Graph Neural Networks, Computational Biology, Protein Design, Protein Engineering, Statistics, Data Analysis, High-Performance Computing

The Senior Research Engineer - BioAI must accomplish the following:

• Create momentum around new initiatives and set the technical direction for solving hard technical problems.
• Help set technical directions within a research/client project, provide mentorship to colleagues, and take on larger and more complex research and engineering problems.
• Manage other engineers or become a go-to expert in one or more technical areas.
• Design, implement and deliver performant and scalable algorithms based on state-of-the-art machine learning and neural network methodologies using distributed computing systems (CPUs, GPUs, TPUs, Cloud, etc.).
• Conduct rigorous data analysis and statistical modelling to explain and improve models.
• Report results clearly and efficiently, both internally and externally, verbally and in writing.
• Follow and communicate the latest developments in machine learning and biology.
• Actively collaborate with the business development team in the pre-sales activities, including but not limited to presenting the company to new prospective clients, writing decks and proposals, participating in calls and meetings, and representing InstaDeep in conferences/events.

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of experience in machine learning, and deep learning (natural language processing and computer vision) in the industry.
• Experience with management, mentoring, and coaching small to medium teams and/or leading projects.
• Master, PhD degree or equivalent experience in applied mathematics, computer science, bioinformatics or related scientific fields.
• Proficiency in software engineering (Python, Pytorch, JAX, Docker, Linux).
• A willingness to learn and develop skills in computational biology including building an understanding of biological concepts related to immunology.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Appropriate work permit for the UK (or Europe).

Nice to haves:

• Knowledge in areas around immunology, genomics, and/or proteomics.
• Knowledge in molecular biology, biochemistry, structural biology, or a related discipline.
• Experience with high-performance computing or DevOps.