Edison Scientific builds and deploys AI scientist agents to accelerate science and the development of new medicines. We are an ambitious team run by scientists and engineers from leading institutions across biology, physics, chemistry, and AI.
In order to help measure and improve our systems ability to accelerate discovery, we work with scientific experts to generate evaluation and training datasets in many areas. We are always looking for expert scientists in biology, chemistry or related disciplines to help us in these efforts.
These activities span various aspects of the research process, including information synthesis, hypothesis generation, and designing and interpreting experiments and data. You likely qualify if you:
Have a PhD or are pursuing one in Biology or a related scientific field (other advanced degrees considered)
Can devote 5+ hours per week to working with us.
Have an interest in driving the acceleration of discovery forward using AI.
Annotating or evaluating outputs from AI systems doing scientific work.
Generating or reviewing tasks for evaluating AI systems carrying out scientific tasks.
Completing similar evaluation tasks as human experts for baselining.
Interacting with Edison’s tools in various capacities.
**We bring on experts for projects throughout the year, so this posting stays open on a rolling basis. If there isn't a match right now, we'll keep your profile on file and reach out when a project fits your background.**
**Please note, our contract work does not offer benefits.
We're a fast-moving, mission-driven culture where smart people do their best work and actually enjoy doing it. We also offer full-time employees the following:
Competitive salary and equity
Full healthcare coverage; we pay 100% of premiums for you and your dependents
Support for growing families, including a yearly new parent stipend and fertility coverage through Carrot
Mental health support through Rula, our in-network therapist and psychiatrist network with fast availability
12 weeks of paid parental leave for maternity, paternity, and adoption
Pet care support with a yearly employer-funded stipend for your animal companions
Commuter benefits so you can pay for transit and parking with pre-tax dollars
401(k) company matching
$300 health and wellness benefit quarterly
Lunch is on us every day you're in the office, and dinner is on us when you're working late
Regular team off-sites and company events
Edison Scientific is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Edison Scientific is a company focused on applied ML research and the application of ML methods to solve real-world problems. They emphasize experience across the entire ML lifecycle, from data pipelines to model deployment and validation in production systems.