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Director of ML Research – AI Applications(m/w/x)
Designing and enhancing foundation models for structural biology and co-folding in federated data networks. 7+ years relevant experience and 3+ years technical leadership required. Early-stage virtual share options, wellbeing budget.
Requirements
- Postgraduate degree (PhD or MSc) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computational Biology, or related field
- 7+ years relevant experience
- 3+ years technical leadership experience
- Strong experience applying ML to biological problems
- Experience in structural biology or ADMET
- Proven publication record in top-tier ML or computational biology venues
- Hands-on experience with modern ML systems
- Experience with large-scale models
- Comfortable operating as player-coach
- Setting technical direction
- Leading teams
- Direct contribution to modelling and experimentation
- Effective in cross-functional environments
- Effective in customer-facing environments
- Translate ambiguous scientific problems into technical approaches
- Experience in early-stage biotech
- Experience building ML systems from scratch
- Experience building research functions from scratch
- Experience training large models
- Experience with distributed training across GPU clusters or cloud platforms
- Strong ML Ops experience
- Strong machine learning infrastructure experience
- Experience with Kubernetes-based workflows
- Experience developing QSAR models
- Experience writing Triton kernels
- Experience optimising model performance at systems level
- Experience in federated learning
- Experience in privacy-preserving ML
- Experience in multi-party training environments
Tasks
- Set up and lead ML Research team
- Work alongside existing engineering teams
- Establish research mandate for organization
- Design and enhance foundation models
- Train models for structural biology and co-folding
- Address core challenges in protein interaction modelling
- Leverage large-scale datasets for improved data pipelines
- Develop model architectures capturing geometric and physical priors
- Translate ML advances into practical drug discovery solutions
- Lead cross-functional delivery across teams
- Ensure research integrates into production workflows
- Collaborate with academic partners on research
- Contribute to publications and conference presentations
- Represent Apheris in customer discussions
- Solve high-impact modelling problems for pharma partners
- Build and mentor a high-performing team
- Define initial research roadmap
- Begin hands-on work on co-folding model generalisation
- Deliver initial results and customer-ready analyses
- Establish strong collaboration patterns
- Clarify team capability and hiring plan
- Own portfolio of applied research workstreams
- Be recognized as technical authority in discussions and collaborations
Work Experience
- 7 years
Education
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- Python
- PyTorch
- OpenFold
- Boltz
- AWS
- Azure
- Kubernetes
- Triton
Benefits
Competitive Pay
- Industry-competitive compensation
- Early-stage virtual share options
Additional Allowances
- Wellbeing budget
- Work-from-home budget
- Co-working stipend
Mental Health Support
- Mental health support
Learning & Development
- Learning budget
More Vacation Days
- Generous holiday allowance
Team Events
- Office days in Berlin HQ or European location (3x per year)
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Designing and enhancing foundation models for structural biology and co-folding in federated data networks. 7+ years relevant experience and 3+ years technical leadership required. Early-stage virtual share options, wellbeing budget.
Requirements
- Postgraduate degree (PhD or MSc) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computational Biology, or related field
- 7+ years relevant experience
- 3+ years technical leadership experience
- Strong experience applying ML to biological problems
- Experience in structural biology or ADMET
- Proven publication record in top-tier ML or computational biology venues
- Hands-on experience with modern ML systems
- Experience with large-scale models
- Comfortable operating as player-coach
- Setting technical direction
- Leading teams
- Direct contribution to modelling and experimentation
- Effective in cross-functional environments
- Effective in customer-facing environments
- Translate ambiguous scientific problems into technical approaches
- Experience in early-stage biotech
- Experience building ML systems from scratch
- Experience building research functions from scratch
- Experience training large models
- Experience with distributed training across GPU clusters or cloud platforms
- Strong ML Ops experience
- Strong machine learning infrastructure experience
- Experience with Kubernetes-based workflows
- Experience developing QSAR models
- Experience writing Triton kernels
- Experience optimising model performance at systems level
- Experience in federated learning
- Experience in privacy-preserving ML
- Experience in multi-party training environments
Tasks
- Set up and lead ML Research team
- Work alongside existing engineering teams
- Establish research mandate for organization
- Design and enhance foundation models
- Train models for structural biology and co-folding
- Address core challenges in protein interaction modelling
- Leverage large-scale datasets for improved data pipelines
- Develop model architectures capturing geometric and physical priors
- Translate ML advances into practical drug discovery solutions
- Lead cross-functional delivery across teams
- Ensure research integrates into production workflows
- Collaborate with academic partners on research
- Contribute to publications and conference presentations
- Represent Apheris in customer discussions
- Solve high-impact modelling problems for pharma partners
- Build and mentor a high-performing team
- Define initial research roadmap
- Begin hands-on work on co-folding model generalisation
- Deliver initial results and customer-ready analyses
- Establish strong collaboration patterns
- Clarify team capability and hiring plan
- Own portfolio of applied research workstreams
- Be recognized as technical authority in discussions and collaborations
Work Experience
- 7 years
Education
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- Python
- PyTorch
- OpenFold
- Boltz
- AWS
- Azure
- Kubernetes
- Triton
Benefits
Competitive Pay
- Industry-competitive compensation
- Early-stage virtual share options
Additional Allowances
- Wellbeing budget
- Work-from-home budget
- Co-working stipend
Mental Health Support
- Mental health support
Learning & Development
- Learning budget
More Vacation Days
- Generous holiday allowance
Team Events
- Office days in Berlin HQ or European location (3x per year)
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About the Company
Apheris
Industry
Pharmaceuticals
Description
Apheris builds AI applications for pharmaceutical R&D, enabling secure collaboration on large AI models to accelerate drug discovery.
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