# Director, Machine Learning, Virtual Cell Initiative

**Company**: Arc Institute
**Location**: Palo Alto, CA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $380,000-$420,000
**Category**: Research
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Arc Institute is seeking a Director, Machine Learning, Virtual Cell Initiative to lead the development and application of advanced machine learning models for perturbative gene expression modeling.

The successful candidate will spearhead a team of 6 ML research scientists and engineers, working in an active learning loop with Arc's wet lab scientists to shape the world's largest and most diverse set of single cell training data.

Responsibilities:

- Lead and build a team of ML research scientists and engineers

- Collaborate with wet lab scientists to generate and analyze single cell data

- Develop and apply advanced machine learning models for perturbative gene expression modeling

- Stay up-to-date with the latest in frontier ML research and pioneer new architectures and approaches

- Commit to a collaborative and inclusive team environment

Requirements:

- PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, or a related field

- Minimum of 5 years of experience working in/with machine learning

- Proven experience leading research teams in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment

- Experience with or strong interest in biology

- Excellent communication skills

The base salary range for this position is $380,000-$420,000. The Institute also offers an annual discretionary bonus and a Compound Cash Grant Program.

## Skills

### Required
- Machine Learning
- Computational Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Python
- PyTorch
- TensorFlow
- JAX

### Nice to have
- single-cell genomics
- biology

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