Head of AI
Location :
London, UK
Job Type :
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead and manage a team of AI/ML researchers/engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering a culture of innovation 2. Oversee the development and implementation of novel AI/ML models and algorithms 3. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams of lab scientists, bioinformaticians, and engineers to define research objectives and translate findings into practical applications 4. Manage and prioritize multiple research projects, ensuring alignment with company goals and timelines 5. Contribute to the architectural design of AI systems, balancing research exploration with production-grade implementations 6. Provide thought leadership for the team 7. Mentor team members, fostering their growth as AI researchers and engineers 8. Represent Basecamp Research’s AI capabilities at conferences, in publications, and in collaborations with academic and industry partners
Job Descripition
At Basecamp Research we believe the future of the biotech industry will be built upon the combination of foundational data sets, constructed from the wealth of diversity we see in nature, with state of the art AI algorithms. This is why we have built the largest, most sophisticated, entirely ethically sampled database of natural biodiversity in existence. We have already demonstrated our ability to build SOTA models for a variety of tasks in biology and after successfully closing our $60 million series B raise, we are currently expanding our team and compute resources to build the next generation of biological foundation models. As a result, we're looking for a Head of AI to steer the development of our foundation models, lead the AI team, as well as our partnerships in academia and industry (we're involved in research partnerships with several of the largest tech companies in the world). This role will enable you to develop an AI strategy based on an ever -growing, entirely new-to-science data supply embedded in a highly ambitious and collaborative environment of scientists and engineers.
About Company
Basecamp Research is an AI company dedicated to solving the most pressing challenges in the life sciences by exploring beyond known biology. The company discovers and designs proteins with artificial intelligence trained on its proprietary knowledge graph of nature, the largest and most diverse of its kind, to design biological solutions for pharma, food and industrial applications. Understanding the full genetic, evolutionary, and environmental context of each protein allows Basecamp Research to design tailored proteins for specific applications without the need for expensive and time-consuming directed evolution campaigns. We're a team of explorers, scientists and policy experts driven by our ambition to protect and learn from nature's diversity, whilst delivering life-changing breakthroughs to those who need them most.