Benchling

Research Engineer, Model Evaluation and Improvement

Benchling
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San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$136k - $167k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build datasets, tasks, and environments for evaluating and improving frontier AI models.
  • Analyze model failure modes and run experiments across frontier models.
  • Build scalable data infrastructure and pipelines for curating, transforming, and validating scientific data.
  • Collaborate with frontier AI labs on approaches to improve models on challenging scientific tasks.
  • Work with scientists to translate expert judgment into reliable problems and evaluation criteria.

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of academic or industry experience at the intersection of biology and AI, including evaluating or improving scientific models or LLMs for biological applications.
  • Experience building with LLMs and understanding their capabilities and limitations.
  • Interest in frontier AI and improving rapidly advancing models.
  • Comfort working on ambiguous problems and adapting to evolving technical approaches.
  • Ability to collaborate with engineers, scientists, and external research partners.
  • Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and rapid experimentation.

Benefits

  • On-site work is required five days per week, Monday through Friday.

Categories

AI ResearchData Engineering
Benchling

About Benchling

501-1,000 employees

Benchling builds an R&D cloud and AI platform for life sciences, combining electronic lab notebooks, sample/registry management, workflow automation, and developer APIs to run models and integrate data. It sells subscriptions and services to biopharma, biotech, and research organizations; customers include Sanofi and Moderna. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company is privately held.

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