Matterworks, Inc. - Senior Machine Learning Scientist

United States - Hybrid+ Equity5mo ago

In Office Senior NA Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing Senior Data Scientist Python

Requirements

• Ph.D. M.S. in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, or related), or equivalent experience. • 3+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying deep learning models. • Strong proficiency in Python, PyTorch, and NumPy. • Demonstrated experience designing or adapting neural network architectures. Publications or a portfolio of relevant projects valued. • Experience with spectral analysis, structure prediction, or molecular representation learning is a plus. • Familiarity with scientific data formats (e.g., HDF5, mzML, Zarr) is a plus. • Working at Matterworks • Given the cross-disciplinary and innovative nature of our work, effective collaboration and communication are critical to our progress. We operate in a flexible hybrid model that accommodates both fully remote team members and those who work full-time from our Somerville, MA office. While some positions may require regular in-person presence for hands-on work or local collaboration, many roles can be performed remotely with team members distributed across various locations.

Responsibilities

• Model Development: Design, adapt, and optimize deep learning architectures for our scientific domains and data modalities, working within our Large Spectral Model framework. • Project Execution: Own and deliver on complex ML projects, including experiment design, implementation, evaluation, and iteration based on results. • High iteration velocity: Write clean, well-tested code in PyTorch and NumPy enabling a high experimentation rate. • Research and Innovation: Stay current with deep learning research and its applications in chemistry and biology. Propose and prototype new ideas to enhance our modeling capabilities. • Collaboration: Work closely with scientists and engineers across the team to integrate models into our product and infrastructure.

Benefits

• Matterworks offers a competitive base salary, stock options, and benefits (health & dental, vision, long- and short-term disability, life insurance, 401k with company match). Employees enjoy a flexible work & unlimited time away policy, commuter benefits and parking, regular team meals and outings, and company support for continued education/coursework and conference participation.