Principal AI Scientist

Astera

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$250,000–$350,000/yr

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Research Leadership:

  • Partner directly with the founder to shape scientific vision, research direction, and technical execution.
  • Grow into a co-founding leadership role in a potential future spinout.

Technical Execution:

  • Design, implement, and improve model post-training methods using reinforcement learning from biological measurements.
  • Architect model training infrastructure and build, run, and debug models, training loops, and evaluation metrics.

Collaboration:

  • Bridge wet/dry lab by ensuring experimental measurements and model learning are designed as a cohesive system.
  • Work hands-on with the experimental team to coordinate data generation and model training.

Compensation and Benefits:

  • Base salary of $250,000 to $350,000 with potential upside from a co-founding leadership role.
  • Full benefits package including health insurance, company sponsored retirement plan, vision, and dental.

Astera

Astera is a private foundation steering science and technology toward an abundant future by supporting projects as high-velocity startups. It operates unlike traditional non-profits, focusing on ambitious goals with strong technical talent and significant resources.

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