AI Research Scientist

About Prima Mente

Prima Mente’s goal is to deeply understand the brain, to protect the brain from neurological disease and enhance the brain in health. We do this by generating our own data, building brain foundation models, and translating discovery to real clinical and research impact.

Role focus

Hands On Research Direction. Solve complex biological problems via robust high impact experimental design and critical judgements on project viability. Publish world-class scientific research papers.

Responsibilities

• Drive foundational research in ML for biological problems, setting ambitious agendas and leading their execution.
• Conceptualize and develop novel foundation models, scaling them across massive, complex biological datasets.
• Lead high-impact experiments, effectively navigating signal-to-noise in large-scale biological data.
• Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams, bridging AI research, computational biology, and experimental scientists.
• Publish influential research in leading journals and conferences, establishing thought leadership in BioAI.
• Mentor researchers, building a vibrant, collaborative, and scientifically rigorous culture.

Expected Growth

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Why Join Us

Culture Insight

What we are doing is extremely hard. Prima Mente is for great people. We are team players who appreciate challenges, want to be hands-on, and thrive on curiosity by throwing away assumptions. We are focused on excellence at pace and huge personal growth. We are strong communicators who are highly disciplined and rigorous.

Prima Mente operates with a flat organizational structure. We gain and share knowledge by contributing to multiple opportunities. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence.

We arrange our lives so we can work in person as much as possible.

Our Values

The solutions we build demand uncompromising quality and rigour.

We embrace curiosity and creativity.

We practice unwavering honesty and transparency in all our challenges and interactions.

Every individual in our team is celebrated for their identity, uniqueness, and experiences.

We have a steadfast commitment to improve the health and well-being of patients globally.

Who You Are

You want to redefine what’s possible at the frontier of AI and biology. You’re intellectually curious, ambitious, and passionate about applying AI to biology. You thrive in interdisciplinary teams, possess an entrepreneurial spirit, and embrace the uncertainty and excitement of pioneering research.

Necessary experience

Interview Process

Our interview process is hard from the beginning, so please do come prepared to show us your strongest self. Marie is based in SF and Hannah in London - we are both available to support this process.

We promise to communicate clearly about our process, look for your strengths, be transparent in our feedback and listen to your feedback - we are always learning.

The interview steps are listed below. 1-3 are done remotely over video call. Our preference for 4-7 is in person, but remote is possible too. At stage 4 more information will be shared about the following steps.

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