Research Scientist
Chaidiscovery · San Francisco office
About this role
**ABOUT CHAI DISCOVERY** Chai builds the design suite for molecules. We train frontier models that learn the underlying foundations of biochemical structure and interaction—so scientists can move faster and pursue targets that other methods cannot reach. AI is reinventing life sciences the same way it reinvented software engineering, and Chai is at the forefront of this shift. Leading pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and Novartis are adopting our platform to power their drug discovery programs. --- **ABOUT THE ROLE** We’re hiring **Research Scientists** with outlier insight who can drive new avenues for the work we pursue. You’ll work across the research lifecycle, including: - **Pre-training** large diffusion models and **architecture design** - **Post-training** and **inference-time scaling** - Applying best ideas from within our domain and across the field Our models have moved beyond protein structure prediction into **real-world therapeutic engineering**—and we’ve only just begun. Our team includes backgrounds in physics, math, theoretical computer science, computational biology, and related disciplines. Everyone is capable and self-sufficient, and we foster a highly collaborative, collegial environment. --- **ABOUT YOU** We’re looking for researchers driven by **impact** and **foundational progress**—people who: - Maintain sustained focus, rigor, and results - Get obsessed with hard problems and don’t give up easily - Have a nose for tackling the right questions at the right time - Bring grit and curiosity We value academic training, research track record, and proven industry accomplishments, and we’re also open to making a bet on rising talent. We look for **engineering capability** as well as **literature fluency**. --- **WE OFFER** - The opportunity to work at the **vanguard of AI research and frontier biology** - World-class people and a mission that matters - A culture of **high velocity** and **ownership** - Compensation aligned with the team’s impact
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