Edison Scientific

Edison Scientific

Member of Technical Staff - Computational Biology

San Francisco, CA · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$250kDetected 137 days ago
Data AnalysisLLMsAgentic AIBioinformaticsResearchLab ResearchExperimental DesignCommunicationCritical Thinking

About the role

  • Scientific discovery moves too slowly, and autonomous AI agents are how we intend to fix that.
  • Instead of optimizing ad clicks, you'll be advancing science and making breakthrough discoveries in basic research.
  • We're well-resourced with a wet lab, extensive compute, and the tools you need to do your best work.

Responsibilities

  • Building benchmarks to automatically evaluate the performance of LLM agents on a wide variety of scientific tasks
  • Familiar with the advantages and limitations of chat-based LLM and agentic coding tools to perform data analysis tasks in biological research

Requirements

  • Expertise in one area of mammalian biology
  • Strong critical thinking skills and ability to identify mistakes in LLM-generated analyses
  • You enjoy quickly iterating on ideas through rapid prototyping
  • You enjoy trying out the newest AI tools

Compensation

  • $160,000 - $250,000 • Offers equity
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Full healthcare coverage - we pay 100% of premiums for you and your dependents

Benefits

  • Bonus points for
  • Support for growing families, including a yearly new parent stipend and fertility coverage through Carrot
  • $300 health and wellness benefit

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