Applied LLM Engineer (Fellowship program)

Our Company

BioTuring is an innovative bioinformatics company that develops algorithms, and agentic AI software to serve scientists from hundreds of pharmaceutical companies and leading research institutions, enabling discoveries about human diseases.

About our program 

A 3-month fellowship where you’ll build with production-grade LLM infrastructure. At BioTuring, we host, fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy open-source LLMs on infrastructure we’ve built ourselves.
You’ll contribute to the platform itself while applying it to develop and deploy AI systems for real-world life science applications. You will be based at our Ho Chi Minh City office (Thao Dien), or VIASM in Hanoi; or remote within Vietnam is also possible, though onsite is where you’ll grow fastest alongside our AI and research teams.

What to expect

• The expected base allowance for this role is VND 11 mil gross per month, with an expectation of 40 hours per week for 3 months. 
• Funding for computing resources (~$15k/month) and other research expenses.
• The path ahead: Top fellows fast-track to B-GENS 2027, where the starting salary is VND 18M gross for the first 5 months – after which your salary will be adjusted based on your performance and contribution.
• Direct mentorship from senior researchers and engineers in BioTuring. 
• Free meals daily.  

Role Description

• Build and develop LLM modules, harness – take real ownership of how foundation models are deployed across GPU clusters and scaled for production.
• Design and test LLM modules for biology/bioinformatics workflows — your work ships, your benchmarks matter, and you drive improvements end-to-end.
• Own performance optimization: profile, benchmark, and debug — make our inference workflows measurably faster and more efficient.
• Collaborate directly with research and engineering teams — contribute clean APIs, testing frameworks, and infrastructure that accelerates our AI products.

Requirements

• Strong Python + ML/DL frameworks (PyTorch, Hugging Face, or similar).
• Understanding of LLM serving and inference — deployment, APIs, latency/memory optimization (vLLM/TGI is a plus).
• Independent profiling, benchmarking, and debugging skills — self-driven projects or production contributions.
• Genuine interest in biology/bioinformatics and AI for science.
• Ownership mindset — thrive in ambiguity, ship fast, raise your own bar.

We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• A worldwide collaborative and supportive work environment.
• A chance to learn and grow your career in bioinformatics.

*At BioTuring, we emphasize building a high-performing team and company culture. 
*Due to the high volume of applications, we regret that we are unable to respond to all inquiries. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your understanding.