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Director of ML Research – AI Applications(m/w/x)

Berlin
Full-timeWith Home OfficeSenior
AI/ML
Data Science

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

  • EnglishBusiness 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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