What the role involves
Responsibilities
Work on in-house protein language models — design, build, test
You will be implementing your own ideas
Work with lab team to produce the best proteins possible
You will be expected to be deep in the Implementation and theory
Work with the team on all of the above and more!
Qualifications
Strong background in machine learning and coding.
Proven track record of following through on complex projects — machine learning and/or other
Be an absolute code wizard.
Has led/initiated their own projects and is comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
Strong math background.
You will need to learn more math
Will learn and adapt quickly—we are an early-stage startup and things will break. We want someone who is willing to roll their sleeves up with us and fix things.
Excited about what we do! We are highly mission driven if you don’t care about making an impact we are not the right fit. If you aren’t willing to do everything it takes to change the world we are also not the right fit. Of all the things on this list, this is perhaps the only non-negotiable.
Benefits
Competitive pay ($120k-220k/year) + equity options (0.25-0.5%).
Full health and dental.
We’re based in SF. Depending on the nature of the work, if relocation is necessary, we will make sure to cover all related costs.
About Anthrogen
Proteins power everything from the cells in your body to creating materials you rely on every day—but until now, we’ve been forced to discover their functions by trial and error. Designing a new therapeutic can take decades and billions of dollars, and even our best industrial catalysts work at a snail’s pace compared to their theoretical optimums. Anthrogen is changing that. By training massive AI foundation models on protein sequences and structures, we’ve unlocked the ability to generate—on demand—completely novel molecular machines with atomic-level precision. Simply describe the function you need, and our platform imagines the peptide or protein that will deliver it. We're building models to speed up billions of years of evolution into the span of an afternoon's worth of compute. The result? New-to-nature therapies, ultra-efficient catalysts for sustainable manufacturing, and a whole new frontier of molecular innovation—designed as precisely as any cutting-edge aircraft or microchip.
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