Member of Technical Staff - General Interest

About FutureHouse

FutureHouse is a new, non-profit AI-for-science lab using AI to automate research in biology and other complex sciences. We are backed by Eric Schmidt, and our mission is to build AI systems that can scale scientific research and allow humanity to proceed as quickly as possible to find cures for disease, solutions for climate change, and other species-accelerating technologies.

We are seeking exceptional individuals to expand our Technical Staff. The Technical Staff is the core of the organization, and encompasses all of our researchers and engineers. You should apply to this role if you have a track record of producing extraordinary innovations and technical outputs, but do not fit into any of the other categories. Our team spans wet lab biologists, pure AI researchers, and engineers of all sorts. (If you have both wet lab experience and a track record in AI research, even better!!).

This position is full-time in-person in San Francisco.

Core Responsibilities:

• Conducting Research. The Technical Staff is the core of FutureHouse, responsible for developing new AI systems that can accelerate scientific research. Members of Technical Staff work on small teams organized around major technological innovations and scientific discoveries that we need in order to push the boundaries of science forward.

Position Requirements:

• Independent research experience and a track record of impressive outputs in wet lab biology research, AI-for-science research, or pure AI research.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to present findings, articulate insights, and collaborate with cross-functional teams effectively.
• Ability to organize and execute research projects, set timelines, and manage resources efficiently.

What we offer:

• Everyone who works here is insanely smart.
• We are working on problems that are way more interesting than what you'll find anywhere else. Why sell ads or optimize buttons when you can solve science and make breakthrough discoveries in basic research?
• We have a ton of resources, including wet lab, compute, etc.
• We publish our work.
• Our headquarters in Dogpatch (SF) is super cool.

And also the normal HR stuff:

• Competitive compensation
• Great medical benefits at low or no cost to you
• Flexible time off
• The ability to join an ambitious start-up on the ground floor

What can you expect at FutureHouse?

• We are tight-knit and collaborative research culture.
• We are fiercely committed to a flat structure, team science, and individual contributions: we believe that the way to enable discoveries is to enable small, integrated teams of outstanding biologists and AI researchers to iterate rapidly towards ‘big-if-true’ ideas.
• We work to flexibly hire the best talent in the world and to enable that talent to pursue their best ideas without the normal distractions, like product engineering, grant writing, etc.