# Research Scientist, Applied Research at Chai Discovery

- Company: Chai Discovery
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: San Francisco office
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: AI & ML
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-11-04
- Skills: Research
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/chaidiscovery/4b3b298d-f284-4a2a-80a1-868ddec8d9a9

## Description

ABOUT CHAI DISCOVERY

Chai Discovery builds the computer-aided design suite for molecules. Eli Lilly https://endpoints.news/eli-lilly-chai-discovery-sign-ai-software-deal/, GSK https://endpoints.news/chai-discovery-signs-gsk-deal-to-make-biologics-with-ai/, Pfizer https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2026/06/04/why-pfizer-and-eli-lilly-are-betting-on-this-13-billion-ai-drug-discovery-startup/, Bristol Myers Squibb https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7496300911523246080/, argenx https://x.com/chaidiscovery/status/2077422480617267230?s=20 and Novartis https://www.chaidiscovery.com/news/novartis-partnership all use Chai to power drug discovery programs. AI is reinventing life sciences the same way it reinvented software engineering, and our team is building that future.

We train frontier models that learn the underlying foundations of biochemical structure and interaction. We pair this with a computational workspace to iterate on molecules from idea to medicine, helping scientists move faster and develop medicines beyond the reach of existing methods.

We value diverse perspectives and are ready to find greatness in unexpected places.


ABOUT THE ROLE

We are hiring research scientists to improve the real-world performance of our foundation models. The work involves planning targeted data generation campaigns, designing evals that accurately measure model performance, and formulating post-training recipes aimed at making models useful for real drug discovery problems.

We prioritize simple, robust methods over intricate solutions built for narrow problems.

More Chai Discovery roles: https://deviantjobs.com/companies/chai-discovery