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Senior / Principal ML Scientist, Foundation Models for Life Sciences

San Francisco, CA💼 Full-time💰 $268,000–$268,000🗓 2026-05-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

Designing and training large-scale generative foundation models to automate scientific discovery in life sciences, spanning biological sequences, molecular structures, and multimodal data.

Role type

Principal Scientist, Foundation Models for Life Sciences

Builds

End-to-end foundation models integrated into a closed-loop discovery engine for automated scientific discovery

Domain

Life Sciences / Generative AI / Computational Biology

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Large-scale generative model architecture design, Distributed training infrastructure, Problem formulation for ML, Cross-functional collaboration with experimental scientists, ML framework expertise (PyTorch/JAX/TensorFlow), Life science domain fluency

Preferred skills

Computational protein design, Wet-lab validation of biological sequences, Open-source contributions, Agentic frameworks/active learning

Technologies

PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, AWS, GCP

Responsibilities

Drive research on foundation models for life science applications, Design and train large-scale generative models on biological data, Contribute to the Lab-in-the-Loop lifecycle, Translate biological questions into ML problems, Advance research standards and methodology, Represent research externally through publications

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship

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