Staff Associate III

Job description

Description We are launching a campus-wide initiative to build foundation models that simulate the evolution of tumor ecosystems. You will be the lead engineer contributing to large-scale generative modelling on single-cell, spatial-omics, and clinical data. Core responsibilities: Design, train and deploy multi-modal foundation models for single-cell and spatial cancer data Build scalable training pipelines in PyTorch/JAX on GPU clusters and cloud HPC/ADK Implement data-efficient fine-tuning, adaptive learning workflows and agentic frameworks for reasoning Collaborate with machine learning experts and computational biologists to build tools for AI agents e.g. libraries, MCPs and APIs The position is a full-time appointment jointly housed in Columbia’s Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science. You will collaborate daily with a diverse team of AI/ML researchers, computational biologists, clinicians and bioengineers who share a mission of transforming our understanding of cancer progression and improving its treatment through next-generation AI and experimental platforms. Qualifications: Required qualifications: B.S./B.E. (mini...