Machine Learning Engineers (Open-Endedness) - Open Level

Posted 5 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Mid level
Biotech
The Role
The role involves designing data pipelines, training large language models, integrating ML solutions into production, and rigorous model evaluation.
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Company Summary 

Lila Sciences is a privately held, early-stage technology company pioneering the application of artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the scientific method. Lila Sciences is backed by Flagship Pioneering, which brings the courage, long-term vision, and resources needed to realize unreasonable results. Join our mission-driven team and contribute to the future of science. 

We are leveraging AI across both Life Sciences and Physical Sciences to transform the process of invention and discovery, 

At Lila Sciences, we are uniquely cross-functional and collaborative. We are actively reimagining the way teams work together and communicate. Therefore, we seek individuals with an inclusive mindset and a diversity of thought. Our teams thrive in unstructured and creative environments. All voices are heard because we know that experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. 

If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, please apply. 

The Role 

Lila Sciences is seeking experienced, creative, and talented Machine Learning Engineers (Open-Endedness) across Engineer, Senior Engineer, and Principal Engineer levelsto join our team. Title will be determined by merit and experience level.  

Open-Endedness is an emerging area of machine learning that aims to automate never-ending innovative processes of discovery and exploration.  The Open-Endedness Team, led by Ken Stanley, investigates in particular how a continual chain of deep transformative creativity can be maintained that far exceeds the derivative creativity seen in current models.  In effect, the systems developed on this team will go beyond simply solving problems posed by users, to conceiving the future unimagined directions of science itself. 

To realize this vision and to facilitate daring and unconventional investigations, we’re seeking ML pros skilled in large-scale generative models, data pipelines, and software engineering excellence. 

Candidates should have experience and/or interest in: 

  • Designing data pipelines for machine learning on multi-node GPU clusters
  • Training large language models including domain adaptation and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) as part of an agentic framework  
  • Implementing robust evaluation frameworks, including custom benchmarks, to rigorously test model performance and reliability
  • Integrating ML solutions into production environments  

Qualifications: 

  • Master’s or PhD degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics) or equivalent industry experience
  • Strong background in deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX)  
  • Experience with distributed computing platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, or on-prem clusters)
  • Git/GitHub Experience  
  • CI/CD Platform Experience (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.)  

Ideal: 

  • Hands-on experience training very large parameter models (e.g., 70B+ parameter LLMs)   
  • Kubernetes and Docker experience for scalable, reproducible workflows

Working at Lila, you would have access to advanced technology in the areas of: 

  • AI experimental design and simulation 
  • Automated custom instrumentation 
  • Generative molecular and material design 

More About Flagship Pioneering

Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.  Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

Top Skills

AWS
Azure
Azure Devops
Docker
GCP
Git
Git
Github Actions
Jax
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Python
PyTorch
TensorFlow
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The Company
HQ: Cambridge, MA
475 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2000

What We Do

Flagship Pioneering conceives, creates, resources, and develops first-in-category life sciences companies to transform human health and sustainability.

Since its launch in 2000, the firm has applied a unique, hypothesis-driven innovation process to originate and foster more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in over $30 billion in aggregate value. To date, Flagship is backed by >$3 billion of aggregate capital commitments, of which over $1.5 billion has been deployed toward the founding and growth of its pioneering companies alongside >$10 billion of follow-on investments from other institutions.

The current Flagship ecosystem includes Denali Therapeutics (NASDAQ: DNLI), Evelo Biosciences (NASDAQ: EVLO), Moderna Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MRNA), Rubius Therapeutics (NASDAQ: RUBY), Seres Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MCRB), and Syros Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SYRS).

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