OsmoOsmo is a digital olfaction company, on a mission to give computers a sense of smell to improve the health and wellbeing of human life. Why? Our sense of smell both enriches and saves lives, and has a deep and direct connection to our emotions and memory. Vision and hearing have been digitized, but not scent. It’s time we solve this. We’re bringing an unprecedented combination of software, data, hardware and capital to the historic challenge of giving computers a sense of smell.
We believe in the power of automation and carefully applied AI/ML to solve problems that are beyond what the unaided human mind can tackle on its own. In the first phase of our development, we are using our map of odor along with cutting-edge generative AI to create the next generation of aroma molecules (e.g., the ingredients in the fragrances we wear and the products we use). We're a hybrid company with a laboratory and center-of-mass in Cambridge, MA and New York, NY.
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Apply to OsmoOsmo is hiring a Director in Analytical Chemistry, who will be an expert pillar of technical knowledge as we develop and validate new fragrance compounds, and work towards our vision of digitizing the sense of smell. In this role, you will develop Osmo’s analytical chemistry platform at the intersection of ML and chemistry and contribute to the creation of innovative products and services.
You will:
- Build-out and own our analytical chemistry capabilities in our laboratory in New York, NY. That includes
- GC-MS analysis of compounds, bases, naturals, and fragrances in a variety of matrices.
- Liquid handling for samples and laboratory experimentation.
- Purity measurement at high throughput.
- Automate. We intend to work at a very large scale, and will take leverage and high-throughput wherever we can. Use robotics, standard operating procedures, and software. We have a world-class software team in place, so be prepared to access the world’s best AI capabilities to reach your goals. How far can we push the intersection of AI and analytical chemistry?
- Help guide and own our analytical chemistry strategy, including instrument choice, new technology development and evaluation. Build the future with us.
- Preferred: Guide, direct, and perform custom organic synthesis as needed.
- Preferred: inventory management. We’ll be building and analyzing a wide variety of fragranced materials, and need to simplify and optimize procurement, curation, distribution and logistics.
You have a:
- B.S. in chemistry or related field. PhD is preferred. At least 5 years industry experience in biotech, pharma, oil & gas, generics, flavor, or fragrance.
- Track record of building and driving successful chemical analysis
- Passion for using both mechanical and software automation using robotics, AI/ML, and standard operating procedures to deliver fast, high-quality results.
- Deep understanding of analytical chemistry from purity analysis to natural product analysis.
Who you are:
You're Curious, Kind, Communicate Clearly, and Get Stuff Done. You have a first-class mind, and you want to stretch it. You want to work on a nearly impossible goal that serves a deep human need, drawing on a wide diversity of knowledge and skill to achieve it. Where there's a gap, we explore it from first-principles and invent pragmatic solutions. You want to work with world-class, passionate teammates on this adventure into the unknown.
If this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches. All employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Apply to OsmoOsmo is hiring a Director in Synthetic Chemistry, to help discover novel new aroma ingredients for the fragrance industry. The ideal candidate has chemistry experience with fragrance compounds and new fragrance discovery, thrives on rigorous experimentation, and is a team player. The candidate will be an integral member of a diverse discovery team, with opportunity for career growth.
You will:
- Manage a small team of chemists responsible for the optimization of new lead aroma compounds
- Work closely with our software engineers, data scientists and AI researchers for the continuous improvement of internal models
- Manage external chemists and collaborations to deliver on aggressive timelines
- Network across our multifunctional research team and integrate data across all relevant teams to improve the efficiency of our fragrance discovery programs
- Actively follow the literature within the areas of research interest
You have a:
- PhD in organic chemistry and 5 +years of relevant industry experience
- Exemplary skills in organic chemistry techniques with an emphasis on volatile compound synthesis and purification
- Parallel library design and synthesis, and an understanding of in-silico approaches are a plus
- Strong organizational, managerial and communication skills
- Strong leadership skills and a track record of success in the fragrance industry and new ingredient discovery including: hit identification, hit to lead and lead optimization
- Demonstrated record of delivering new aroma compounds
- Experience in managing external chemistry FTE resources is a plus
Who you are:
You're Curious, Kind, Communicate Clearly, and Get Stuff Done. You have a first-class mind, and you want to stretch it. You want to work on a nearly impossible goal that serves a deep human need, drawing on a wide diversity of knowledge and skill to achieve it. Where there's a gap, we explore it from first-principles and invent pragmatic solutions. You want to work with world-class, passionate teammates on this adventure into the unknown.
If this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches. All employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Apply to OsmoOsmo is hiring a Scientist in Synthetic Chemistry, to help discover novel new aroma ingredients for the fragrance industry. The ideal candidate has some chemistry experience with fragrance compounds and new fragrance discovery
You will:
- Design and synthesize small molecules for new ingredient discovery and optimization
- Have a working understanding of relevant analytical techniques and in silico modeling
- Work closely with our software engineers, data scientists and AI researchers in support of internal models and new model development
- Must be able to work on multiple projects, thrive in a fast paced, data driven, environment and deliver on aggressive timelines
- Actively follow the literature within the areas of research interest
- Communicate well with others
You have a:
- PhD in organic chemistry or related field with 0-3 years of relevant industry experience
- Experience with volatile compound synthesis and purification is preferred
- Parallel library design and synthesis, and an understanding of in-silico approaches are a plus
- Strong organizational, problem solving, and communication skills
- Must be a team player with the ability to work well in a highly cross functional team environment.
- A track record of success in the fragrance industry and new ingredient discovery including: hit identification, hit to lead and lead optimization preferred.
Who you are:
You're Curious, Kind, Communicate Clearly, and Get Stuff Done. You have a first-class mind, and you want to stretch it. You want to work on a nearly impossible goal that serves a deep human need, drawing on a wide diversity of knowledge and skill to achieve it. Where there's a gap, we explore it from first-principles and invent pragmatic solutions. You want to work with world-class, passionate teammates on this adventure into the unknown.
If this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches. All employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Apply to OsmoOsmo is hiring a Data Analyst, to build the analytics function within our Data Science team to uncover insights, support operations, and help build the digital backbone of Osmo. You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, and Chemistry to help solve the challenge of giving computers a sense of smell. We are looking for a self-motivated individual with a passion for data and the ability to translate complex information into actionable recommendations.
You will:
- Collaborate with chemists, perfumers, and machine learning engineers to form new research questions and perform experiments to test them
- Utilize your SQL and Python skills to conduct empirical analyses that bridge various data sources, such as sensor data, scent profiles, and user feedback. Explore datasets to answer the fundamental questions of odor profile.
- Design and implement efficient data processes to address business challenges. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand data and reporting requirements, and develop streamlined workflows for data intake, validation, engineering, modeling, visualization, and communication.
- Deliver reports and insights that analyze key performance metrics and provide actionable recommendations. Define and refine metrics that measure the success of our products and business initiatives. Continuously evaluate and improve existing metrics to provide more meaningful insights.
You have
- Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Math, Computer Science, Statistics or similar) or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of experience in a data analytics role, preferably in a fast-paced environment. Ideal if this includes previous technical leadership experience.
- Strong experience in SQL, Python, and Jupyter notebooks. Experience with dashboarding tools such as Looker is a plus.
- Foundational ML and statistical modeling abilities and ability to implement these models in Python
- Ability to create compelling data visualizations and effectively communicate complex findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple projects simultaneously. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present findings to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
- Curiosity to work across disciplines with research scientists on new and exciting areas, to learn new things about ML, chemistry and neurobiology and to smell new things and discover new molecules!
Expected Salary Range: $90,000 - $145,000
Who you are:
You're Curious, Kind, Communicate Clearly, and Get Stuff Done. You have a first-class mind, and you want to stretch it. You want to work on a nearly impossible goal that serves a deep human need, drawing on a wide diversity of knowledge and skill to achieve it. Where there's a gap, we explore it from first-principles and invent pragmatic solutions. You want to work with world-class, passionate teammates on this adventure into the unknown.
If this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches. All employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Apply to OsmoOsmo is hiring a Front-End Engineer, to build world class tools to explore the olfactory world and enable new ingredient discovery. You'll work closely with Chemistry, Engineering, and Data teams to help solve the challenge of giving computers a sense of smell. We are looking for a self-motivated individual with strong UX and design capabilities to turn ideas into prototypes.
You will:
- Build novel interfaces that allow Osmo's chemists, perfumers, and internal teams to find new scents.
- Design tools to allow teams to quickly understand the odor space.
- Surface the output of Osmo's models to allow teams to make decisions quickly and efficiently.
- Work with our internal customers and engineering team to build all phases of user interface development.
You have
- 5+ years working on front end applications with a history of building responsive, user friendly experiences
- Experience with React or similar Javascript frameworks
- Strong UX and Design capabilities that can turn an idea into a working prototype
- Experience working with chemical data or on scientific tools
- Knowledge of GCP or other cloud tooling.
- Strong communication skills to interact and work well across various projects, teams, and objectives.
Expected Salary Range: $160,000 - $200,000
Who you are:
You're Curious, Kind, Communicate Clearly, and Get Stuff Done. You have a first-class mind, and you want to stretch it. You want to work on a nearly impossible goal that serves a deep human need, drawing on a wide diversity of knowledge and skill to achieve it. Where there's a gap, we explore it from first-principles and invent pragmatic solutions. You want to work with world-class, passionate teammates on this adventure into the unknown.
If this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches. All employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Apply to OsmoYour Role
Osmo is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to join our rapidly growing team. Osmo is building an operating system for smell, and the machine learning (ML) platform plays a very important part of modeling and simulating the molecular properties in the real world. We need you to join our world-class and interdisciplinary team to build our capabilities and drive cutting-edge research that can lead to a different future for humanity. You will be a member of the engineering team, reporting to the Head of Engineering.
What you will be doing:
- Improve the performance (speed/accuracy) of our ML platform that spans on a wide range of molecular chemistry problem, especially concerning olfaction.
- Stay up to date with the machine learning literature, especially for their application in molecular chemistry and olfaction, and quickly prototype ideas from the research field.
- Dive deeply into various datasets, understand their characteristic and derive meaningful train and test data for real-world machine learning models and their deployment.
- Develop innovative model architectures and creative data featurizations to take advantage of available data and unlock new ML capabilities.
- Work closely with software engineers and product managers to strengthen the operating system for scent with our ML platform.
What we need to see:
- A strong software engineer who produce high quality code and take pride in their work.
- Comfortable with linear algebra and statistics.
- Experienced in applying machine learning techniques to real-world problems with frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
- Interested in learning about molecular chemistry and the biology of olfaction.
- Experience with Bayesian Statistics and Probabilistic Modeling
- Willingness to work in our New York City office 2-5 days a week or travel to New York ~2+ times a quarter to work with the team in person
- US work authorization
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Experiences in graph neural networks and their application in cheminformatics problem.
- Work or educational background in chemistry or neural olfaction.
- Familiar with cloud tooling for machine learning at scale.
Who you are:
You're Curious, Kind, Communicate Clearly, and Get Stuff Done. You have a first-class mind, and you want to stretch it. You want to work on a nearly impossible goal that serves a deep human need, drawing on a wide diversity of knowledge and skill to achieve it. Where there's a gap, we explore it from first-principles and invent pragmatic solutions. You want to work with world-class, passionate teammates on this adventure into the unknown.
If this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches. All employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Apply to OsmoOsmo is hiring a Senior Data Engineer, to help build the data platform powering our models of the chemical and olfactory world.
What you will be doing:
- Organizing and Instrumenting the Data Platform behind Osmo's ML Models
- Building a world class data platform around scents to support data collection and models
- Building the industry best data platform to support Chemical Discovery over billions of compounds
- Designing schemas and systems that can scale with the data collection needs
- A source of inspirations for everyone in the company.
What we need to see:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 5+ years of overall technology experience that includes at least 4+ years of hands-on software development, data engineering, and systems architecture
- A strong software engineer who produce high quality code and take pride in their work.
- Proven track record of developing large scale data pipelines using Python
- Strong ability to gather requirements and work cross multi-discipline teams
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Prior Experience working with Google Cloud Platform tools like Dataflow, Bigquery, and BigTable
- Past experience working with Chemistry datasets and library such as rdkit
Expected Salary Range: $180,000 - $240,000
Who you are:
You're Curious, Kind, Communicate Clearly, and Get Stuff Done. You have a first-class mind, and you want to stretch it. You want to work on a nearly impossible goal that serves a deep human need, drawing on a wide diversity of knowledge and skill to achieve it. Where there's a gap, we explore it from first-principles and invent pragmatic solutions. You want to work with world-class, passionate teammates on this adventure into the unknown.
If this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches. All employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.