Machine Learning Intern
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Job Description
Job Title: Machine Learning Intern
Job Location: London UK
Job Location Type: Hybrid
Job Contract Type: Internship
Job Seniority Level: Internship
Company
Founded in 2020 Bactobio is a Londonbased biotechnology company pioneering the cultivation of previously unculturable microbes using synthetic biology nextgeneration sequencing and advanced AIdriven methods. These microbes represent a vast untapped bioresource offering significant potential for discovering novel compounds with applications across diverse industries. Driven by impact our primary mission is to address major global challenges—such as antimicrobial resistance through the development of new antibiotics and food security via natural biodegradable fungicides.
Role
We are looking for passionate and driven PhD students who have an industry internship as a funded component of their doctoral program and are interested in exploring life at a dynamic biotechnology startup. These are fully immersive onsite placements at our London office and laboratories and last a minimum of three months.
In this role you will explore and apply DNA large language models at Bactobio. Working with microbiological DNA sequencing data and stateoftheart foundation models (e.g. DNABERT Nucleotide Transformer) you’ll have the freedom to experiment with various datasets methodologies and evaluation techniques. Ultimately you’ll shape the project’s direction with opportunities to focus on areas such as model finetuning the development of benchmarking tools and approaches embedding investigation and multimodal modelling.
Please share your expertise in these and related areas including relevant software programming languages libraries and frameworks. Ideal candidates will have deep learning experience programming skills and at least a basic understanding of molecular biology or genetics.
Our previous interns come from a range of programmes including PIPS iCASE and MRC LID. Read about recent internship experiences on our website.
Team
Bactobio is a vibrant tightknit and highly collaborative team of about fifty people. We sit and work together and take genuine interest in one another's work. You can expect to collaborate daily with wetlab scientists data scientists bioinformaticians and software developers while also gaining exposure to our broader business journey.
Everyone who writes code at Bactobio contributes daily to the same shared codebase. We care deeply about cultivating an environment—and codebase—that is productive and enjoyable to collaborate within. We strive for best practices with sensible implementations. This includes gitbased version control thorough unit and integration testing code review and transparent communication around design decisions. If you haven't had exposure to working in such an environment it's great professional experience to walk away with.
Benefits
- Brand new modern labs in Central London with dedicated office space large balconies and 360’ views of the London skyline
- The chance to be part of a fun multicultural kind and ambitious crowd that are impactdriven
- Daily access to academic leaders business leaders and unicorn founders
- Flexible start and finish times within the company’s core hours (104 pm) to fit your preferences
- Diverse team of colleagues (check out our website to meet us)
- Weekly team activities including board games sports activities and socials on Fridays
- Complimentary snacks fruits tea coffee soft drinks...
- Access to 1000s of training courses through Udemy & Codeacademy with an allowance for both personal development and workrelated training
- Bike2Work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme offering structured counselling life and career coaching legal and financial advise
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Employment Type
Full Time
