InstaDeep, founded in 2014, is a pioneering AI company at the forefront of innovation. With strategic offices in major cities worldwide, including London, Paris, Berlin, Tunis, Kigali, Cape Town, Boston, and San Francisco, InstaDeep collaborates with giants like Google DeepMind and prestigious educational institutions like MIT, Stanford, Oxford, UCL, and Imperial College London. We are a Google Cloud Partner and a select NVIDIA Elite Service Delivery Partner. We have been listed among notable players in AI, fast-growing companies, and Europe's 1000 fastest-growing companies in 2022 by Statista and the Financial Times. Our recent acquisition by BioNTech has further solidified our commitment to leading the industry. Join us to be a part of the AI revolution!
About the Department You'll be joining InstaDeep's dynamic AI research department, a team of 40+ researchers spanning the US, Europe, and Africa. We drive both fundamental and applied AI innovation across diverse and challenging scientific domains. We are committed to contributing to the open-source community and advancing the field through publications in top-tier conferences like NeurIPS, ICLR, and ICML, and leading academic journals. Explore our work at: Publications: Open-source models: Open source libraries:
About the Team Become a part of our dedicated genomics AI research team, a group of 15+ talented individuals based in our Paris and Boston offices. We are focused on developing the next generation of foundation models for genomics and transcriptomics. Our strength lies in our interdisciplinary approach, bringing together experts in AI and biology, including specialists in generative models, optimization algorithms, high-performance computing, and regulatory genomics. We work closely with applied teams to ensure our research aligns with both internal needs at BioNTech and the needs of our external clients. We are also active members of the research community, disseminating our findings through publications and open-source releases. About the Role:
- As a Research Scientist, you will play a key role in advancing our mission to build cutting-edge AI models for biology. You will be involved in all aspects of the research process, including:
- Developing and implementing high-quality Python code in a production-level environment.
- Distributing and accelerating code on large-scale accelerator clusters.
- Identifying and preprocessing relevant data sources, and building efficient data loading pipelines.
- Staying at the front of the latest advancements in both AI and biology.
- Designing and executing training and validation pipelines, and interpreting results.
- Contributing to the development of research plans and disseminating our work through research papers and participation in conferences.
- We are a results-oriented, hands-on team that thrives on collaboration. You will have the opportunity to work closely with fellow researchers, applied scientists, and product teams.
About you:
- We are seeking highly motivated individuals with an MSc or PhD in a related scientific field, who possess a passion for both AI and biology. We welcome candidates at all levels of seniority. As a cross-disciplinary team, we value diverse backgrounds and skill sets. We are particularly interested in individuals with:
A strong background in bioinformatics, coupled with a keen interest in AI. Or A strong background in AI, complemented by a strong interest in bioinformatics. Or Expertise in both AI and bioinformatics. - Ideal candidates will also have a proven track record of research excellence, demonstrated through publications in top-tier venues, and/or strong engineering skills, demonstrated through successful execution of complex projects.
- If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of AI in biology and believe your skills and experience align with our team's needs, we encourage you to apply!
Selected recent publications & projects
- Nucleotide Transformer, (Nature Methods, press, 2024)
- ChatNT, (under review, 2024)
- SegmentNT, (under review, 2024)
- Are genomics language models all you need?, (Bioinformatics, 2024)
- Isoformer, (NeurIPS, 2024)
- AgroNT, (Communication Biology, 2024)
- How InstaDeep used Cloud TPU v4 to help sustainable agriculture, (Google blog post)
Our commitment to our people We empower individuals to celebrate their uniqueness here at InstaDeep. Our team comes from all walks of life, and we're proud to continue encouraging and supporting applicants from underrepresented groups across the globe. Our commitment to creating an authentic environment comes from our ability to learn and grow from our diversity, and how better to experience this than by joining our team? We operate on a hybrid work model with guidance to work at the office at least 2 to 3 days per week to encourage close collaboration and innovation. We are continuing to review the situation with the well-being of InstaDeepers at the forefront of our minds.
Right to work: Please note that you will require the legal right to work in the location you are applying for.