Research Scientist

About Us

Deep Genomics is at the forefront of using artificial intelligence to transform drug discovery. Our proprietary AI platform decodes the complexity of RNA biology to identify novel drug targets, mechanisms, and therapeutics inaccessible through traditional methods. With expertise spanning machine learning, bioinformatics, data science, engineering, and drug development, our multidisciplinary team in Toronto and Cambridge, MA is revolutionizing how new medicines are created.

Opportunity

We are seeking an exceptional and creative Senior/Staff Machine Learning Scientist to lead and innovate within our core AI research team, specifically focusing on the creative building of Biological Foundation Models (BioFMs). You will pioneer novel deep learning architectures and pre-training paradigms that learn the fundamental language of the genome and cellular biology. Rather than just applying out-of-the-box ML to biological datasets, you will design the next generation of BioFMs from tackling complex -omics data at scale. If you are a first-principles thinker excited to bridge advanced ML with genome biology to solve high-impact, frontier problems in human health and drug discovery, this is a unique opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the creative research, architecture design, and training of Biological Foundation Models (BioFMs), on massive-scale genomic, transcriptomic, and single-cell datasets.
• Collaborate closely with computational biologists and drug developers to integrate deep biological priors directly into model architectures and training objectives, ensuring our BioFMs capture fundamental and scientifically meaningful representations.
• Rigorously implement, train, debug, and evaluate large-scale models to demonstrate scientific validity and drive progress on frontier problems in human health and genetic medicines.
• Stay current with advancements in machine learning and computational biology research, identifying cross-disciplinary applications to solve real-world challenges.
• Mentor junior scientists and engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and scientific curiosity through leadership and high-quality code review.
• Share research findings through internal presentations and contribute to the scientific community via publications in top-tier venues.

Basic Qualifications

• PhD (or evidence of equivalent level of expertise) with a strongly distinguished research focus in Computational Biology, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
• Deep understanding of modern deep learning and the creative building of foundation models, including CNNs, Transformers, and related sequence models (e.g., state-space models) specifically tailored for biological or genomic sequence data.