Senior Scientist, Machine Learning at Altos Labs · LumiJobs

Qualification

We are looking for someone who isPhD in Computer ScienceThe salary range for Redwood CityScientist IScientist IISenior Scientist I

We are looking for someone who is:
Excited about the Altos mission of restoring cell health and resilience to reverse disease, injury, and age-related disabilities.
Highly collaborative in mindset and ways of working across research and engineering boundaries.
Self-motivated to drive and deliver on long-term technical projects and scientific goals.
Demonstrates the desire to grow professionally and expand their skillset in biology, machine learning, and/or drug development.
Able to communicate and explain the design, results, and impact of complex AI architectures to both scientific and non-scientific staff.
Keen to contribute to seminars and scientific initiatives within Altos and the broader AI research community.
PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a similar quantitative field with 5+ years of relevant work experience in academic or industry settings.
Prior experience in developing and implementing novel generative AI models, specifically in multimodal integration, GraphRAG, or relational deep learning .
Deep understanding of Machine Learning principles and how they apply to diverse architectures like Transformers, GNNs, and diffusion models .
Very strong programming skills in Python and deep learning libraries (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, Hugging Face Transformers/Accelerate).
Proven experience with multi-GPU and distributed training at scale (e.g., DDP, FSDP, DeepSpeed, Megatron, or Ray).

Familiarity with tabular foundation models (e.g., TabPFN) and in-context learning strategies for structured data .
Specific experience in native multimodal modeling (early-fusion) or the synthesis of LLMs and Knowledge Graphs .
Track record of ML applied to biological data, such as NGS data (RNA-seq, ATAC-seq), biological imaging (microscopy, IF), or spatial transcriptomics.
Experience in optimizing large-scale inference via quantization, distillation, or memory-efficient attention mechanisms.
The salary range for Redwood City, CA:
Scientist I, Machine Learning: $200,900 - $257,500
Scientist II, Machine Learning: $226,200 - $290,000
Senior Scientist I, Machine Learning: $257,400 - $330,000

Senior Scientist, Machine Learning