Hybrid BioAI Research Engineer, Protein Engineering, Design Focus

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About the role

  • Research Engineer focusing on machine learning and AI solutions for protein design and immune structure at InstaDeep. Collaborating with BioNTech to accelerate biological discovery in the AI revolution.

Responsibilities

  • Advance the state of the art in AI and/or biological sciences, particularly in areas such as structural biology, protein engineering, and de novo design.
  • Develop and optimize AI models for protein design and drug development.
  • Build and maintain data pipelines, training workflows, and evaluation tools.
  • Integrate structural and sequence data into modeling frameworks.
  • Collaborate across teams to translate research ideas into high-quality, deployable code and models.
  • Ensure reproducibility, performance, and scalability of implemented solutions.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related field (PhD a plus).
  • Strong programming skills in Python and experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow).
  • Understanding of protein structures and sequence data, ideally with PDB, AlphaFold, or Rosetta.
  • Experience with machine learning for biological applications or generative modeling (e.g., diffusion, transformers, VAEs).
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills in interdisciplinary teams.
  • Experience in protein design / structure modeling (desirable).
  • Familiarity with structural biology tools (e.g., PyMOL, Biopython).
  • Prior experience in AI research projects for biology or large-scale model training (desirable).

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Job title

BioAI Research Engineer, Protein Engineering, Design Focus

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£70,000 - £90,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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