Head of AI

The role

You will lead the ML engineers and research scientists to build olfactory intelligence models. You will own the roadmap and the path from research notebook to production API.

What you will do

• Hire, level, and grow ML engineers and research scientists
• Set the model roadmap across various generation and prediction models
• Run the OI benchmark suite and internal quality gates
• Be accountable for contractual model deliverables with hard accuracy gates
• Design experiments and define annotation protocols with Sensory Science and Fragrance Development
• Partner with Software Platform and Product Engineering to move models to production API
• Read diffs, challenge eval design, and run experiments
• Make hard cuts regarding essential work
• Partner with Chemistry, perfumers, and evaluators
• Define and hold the team to excellence in applied ML

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of industry ML/AI experience in an applied or research capacity
• Experience managing, hiring, leveling, and growing ML engineers or research scientists
• Depth in at least one of: generative models over structured or discrete objects, molecular or chemical ML, multi-modal representation learning, LLM systems and evaluation, or Bayesian and experimental
• Experience owning models in production
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Nice to have

• Breadth across several ML areas
• Chemistry, chemoinformatics, sensory science, or biology experience
• Experience in an enterprise or contract-research setting owning model deliverables for outside partners
• Experience standing up an ML platform or eval infrastructure from scratch

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Comprehensive medical coverage, including a $0 employee premium plan option
• 100% employer paid dental and vision coverage for employees and their families
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching contributions
• Flexible PTO including a paid winter closure
• 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Mental health and wellness support
• Catered Lunch on Mon/Wed/Fri
• Newark, NJ and Brooklyn shuttles and commuter benefits

About the company

Osmo is the Olfactory Intelligence company on a mission to give AI a sense of smell. They are headquartered in Elizabeth, NJ, with an additional office in Somerville, MA.