- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- 5+ years
Lead the genomic AI portfolio at Tech@Lilly Bengaluru, driving development of genomic language models, multi-omics integration, and AI for genetic medicines.
Responsibilities
- Lead development, fine‑tuning, and benchmarking of DNA/RNA foundation models for sequence‑to‑expression, variant effect, and regulatory genomics prediction
- Lead the use of generative and predictive sequence models for AAV promoter design
- Direct on‑ and off‑target prediction for genetic medicines across DNA, RNA, protein, and phenotype layers
- Partner with genetic medicine scientists to translate model output into design recommendations
- Integrate genomic model output with human genetic evidence to sharpen target selection
Requirements
- Ph.D. in computational biology, bioinformatics, genomics, computer science, machine learning, or a related quantitative field
- M.S. in a related field
- Nice to have: Enformer
- Nice to have: DNABERT
- Nice to have: Nucleotide Transformer