Software Engineer, Scientific Products
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 17, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jun 30, 2025. Chai Discovery scores C on the Alion truth index.
About Chai Discovery
Chai builds the design suite for molecules. We train frontier models that learn the underlying foundations of biochemical structure and interaction, so scientists can move faster and pursue targets that other methods cannot reach.
AI is reinventing life sciences the same way it reinvented software engineering, and Chai is at the forefront of this shift. Leading pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and Novartis are adopting our platform to power their drug discovery programs.
We value diverse perspectives and are ready to find greatness in unexpected places.
About the role
Build the scientific workspace that helps scientists tackle harder problems in drug discovery. We believe every scientist developing new medicines should be able to use Chai’s models to make progress on their research.
Work directly with scientists to understand their problems and decide what to build.
Own the work from the first conversation through to a product they depend on, going as deep into the science, compute, models, research, and software as the problem requires.
Work forward deployed with our customers, ship across the stack, and refine the product and its core abstractions as you learn.
About you
We look for engineers who can make sense of messy real-world problems and build simple solutions end to end. Former founders and engineers who have owned substantial products are a particularly good fit. Familiarity with the scientific domain is not required. We value technical depth, product judgment, and a record of building things that are meaningful and useful to people.
We offer
The opportunity to work at the vanguard of AI research and frontier biology, with world-class people, on a mission that matters. We protect & promote a culture of high velocity and ownership. We compensate our team accordingly.