Forward Deployed Research Scientist, Life Sciences
Goodfire AI· Research and Development
San Francisco, CA$220k - $315kFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Forward Deployed Research Scientist (Biology) to work directly with customers to develop techniques for understanding and designing large biological foundation models, joining a small team to conduct novel research, build practical tools, and push the field forward.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with customers to conduct original research in interpretability and computational biology.
- Prototype techniques to visualize and manipulate internal model structures.
- Collaborate with engineering to turn research into production-ready tools.
- Drive partnership success by collaborating closely with customers and partners.
- Help define and evolve our research direction.
Qualifications
- PhD/MD or equivalent experience in biology, with a strong ML background and experience in computational biology or bioinformatics.
Skills
Required:PythonPyTorchCommunicationML fundamentals
Nice to have:Interpretability / computational biology
Last updated Sep 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Goodfire AI
Goodfire AI is an AI interpretability research lab focused on understanding and intentionally designing advanced AI systems.
AI interpretabilityresearchSilicointentional designmodel debugging
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