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Valthos · 4 months ago

Member of Technical Staff - Computational Biologist

New York

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Valthos Inc. is an applied biological intelligence company focused on deploying software and biological AI systems for humanity's safety. They are seeking a highly skilled Computational Biologist to bridge machine learning and biology, building data frameworks to assess biological threats and design precision biologics.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Responsibilities

Contribute to shaping and executing the Valthos-wide research and development roadmap

Identify large-scale biological datasets appropriate for training frontier biological models, and build workflows and infrastructure for processing these datasets

Design, build, and apply evaluation frameworks for rigorously assessing model performance on real-world problems in biological security

Design wet-lab experiments to evaluate the efficacy and real-world utility of designed biologics

Collaborate closely with AI engineers to design and train models tailored to tasks in biological security and precision biologics

Collaborate closely with software engineers to build and deploy tools for data analysis, including proper documentation and testing

Visualize and communicate results clearly within Valthos and externally

Work with customers and external collaborators to understand their needs and effectively represent Valthos

Embrace continuous learning in both technical and non-technical areas across Valthos

Stay up-to-date on state-of-the-art methods at the intersection of AI and biology

Qualification

Biological dataset analysisPython proficiencyCloud computing (AWS)Computational biology experimentsBioinformatics toolsMachine learning evaluationCollaboration with biologistsOpen-source contributionsBiological databases knowledgeContinuous learning