About the Role
The company is looking for driven and curious individuals to join as Research Engineers, welcoming applicants at all levels of experience. Diverse perspectives are valued, and the team encourages applications from all qualified candidates. The position is based in London near Old Street, within a collaborative team culture centered on solving difficult problems through shared expertise and clear objectives. The working model is hybrid, with team members typically spending three days per week in the office.
Responsibilities
- Proven background as a research engineer in an artificial intelligence-focused organization.
- Passionate about contributing to, growing within, and mentoring others in a team environment tackling complex scientific challenges.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
highly collaborative
About Xaira Therapeutics
Xaira is an innovative biotech startup focused on leveraging AI to transform drug discovery and development. The company is leading the development of generative AI models to design protein and antibody therapeutics, enabling the creation of medicines against historically hard-to-drug molecular targets. It is also developing foundation models for biology and disease to enable better target elucidation and patient stratification. Collectively, these technologies aim to continually enable the identification of novel therapies and to improve success in drug development. Xaira is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and London.
Position Overview
Xaira is seeking enthusiastic and motivated candidates to join our team as Research Engineers. We welcome candidates across the spectrum of experience. Teams thrive when they are diverse (across all axes), and we encourage all eligible applicants to apply. The role is based in our London office, located near Old Street. Our team is highly collaborative, operating on the belief that hard problems are best solved by multiple people working towards a clear goal, bringing and sharing their expertise with the team. We operate a hybrid working culture based on trust. Members of the team are typically in the office 3 days a week.
Desirable
Below is a list of qualities/experiences that align with the kinds of things that we are looking for. Please do not read this as an extension of the “requirements” section! We recognise that experiences, opportunities and life-paths vary. Masters (or equivalent)/PhD in AI-related field. Public codebases or contribution to public GitHub repositories. Experience building and training neural networks. Experience in distributed training and inference. Experience profiling and optimising large-scale AI models. Knowledge or experience in BioAI.
Other
- Xaira Therapeutics is an equal-opportunity employer.
- We believe that our strength is in our differences.
- Our goal to build a diverse and inclusive team began on day one, and it will never end.
- The role is based in our London office, located near Old Street.
- We operate a hybrid working culture based on trust.
- Members of the team are typically in the office 3 days a week.
