Visiting Research Engineer – January AI Hackathon (Virtual Cells Focus)
Visiting Research Engineer – January AI Hackathon (Virtual Cells Focus) ArcellAI | Remote | Part-time (January 2026) Unpaid/Open-Source Contribution We’re kicking off a high-intensity January hackathon pushing the frontiers of foundation model applications to virtual cells and single-cell genomics. We’re onboarding 1-3 junior research engineers (students highly encouraged) to: • Build on and extend state-of-the-art single-cell foundation models • Contribute to open-source SDKs already seeing 30K+ monthly active users • Ship features and experiments grounded in research published at ICML 2025 and NeurIPS You’ll work side-by-side with engineers who’ve shipped production ML at Pinterest, Amazon, Netflix, and MIT – fast-paced, high-signal env ironment. Ideal candidate • Strong Python + PyTorch (or similar) skills • Passion for single-cell genomics or foundation models in biology • Comfortable moving fast in a hackathon setting • Bonus: prior open-source contributions or relevant coursework/research This is a short-term, high-impact visiting role – perfect for students or early-career engineers looking to level up quickly and get their name on cutting-edge bio-AI work. To apply Send your resume + a quick note on why this excites you to [email protected] Spots limited – we’ll move fast. Let’s build the future of agentic biology together. Apply tot his job