About the role#
Lila Sciences is looking for a Co-op to join our AI team. You will work on therapeutic protein design in a loop that connects computation with the wet lab. You will own a well-scoped project and ship code or analyses that directly influence design decisions and scientific outcomes.
What you'll do#
- Develop, evaluate, and apply agentic systems and deep generative models for protein design.
- Build, benchmark, and improve methods for designing proteins like antibodies and minibinders.
- Build and evaluate agents that help plan campaign strategy.
- Execute campaigns by launching design and filtering runs.
- Diagnose design campaign failures and adapt the next round.
- Reason over biological priors from literature and model outputs.
What you'll need#
- A strong background in Python and computational science.
- Experience with coding agents.
- Experience with machine learning for molecular design.
- Majors in Computer Science, Data Science, Biology, or Biomedical Sciences.
- Experience with customizing agents, building harnesses, or using agents for scientific applications is preferred.
- Technical understanding and experience with generative models is preferred.
Location & details#
- This role is based on-site in either Cambridge, Massachusetts, or San Francisco, California.
- This is a full-time, paid position.
- We are hiring on a rolling basis.
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
About Lila Sciences
Lila Sciences operates as a scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab. The company focuses on life, chemistry, and materials science. It applies artificial intelligence to the scientific method to assist with research in human health and sustainability. Founded in 2023, the organization maintains its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It currently employs 474 people.
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