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ML Scientist, Foundation Models for Life Sciences

Lila Sciences · San Francisco, CA USA · San Francisco, CA

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Bio & Science AIonsiteScientist I / II$176k–$304k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Train structure prediction models to drive antibody and biologics design.
  • Close the loop between computation and wet-lab experimental decisions.
  • Build foundation models across sequence, structure, and experiment data.

What they offer

  • Bonus potential
  • Generous early-stage equity
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance
  • Flexible time off with company holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • Educational assistance program
  • Commuter benefits
  • Company subsidized lunch program

Ideal candidate

PhD-level researcher passionate about structure-aware AI for biology who thrives owning research end-to-end and collaborating with wet-lab scientists to turn predictions into real discoveries.

Requirements

  • PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computational Biology, Biophysics, or related quantitative field (or Master's with equivalent research experience)
  • Hands-on experience training deep learning models on molecular, protein, or structural data
  • Strong foundation in generative model architectures and training, with careful experiments, ablations, and evaluations
  • Ability to formulate and execute research independently, from problem definition through experimentation
  • Familiarity with at least one life science domain (structural biology, protein engineering, molecular biology, genomics, or related)
  • Experience collaborating with experimental scientists or working with biological/chemical data
  • Proficiency in ML frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow) and GPU-based training workflows

Lab profile

About Lila Sciences

Building an autonomous science platform where AI, automation, and biology co-evolve for medicine and materials.

What they build

  • Autonomous Science Platform
  • AI-designed biologics validated in wet-lab
  • Electro-optic materials and photonic devices

Known for

  • Large-scale automated data generation
  • High-throughput protein purification and analytics
  • Protein design and BioML modeling
  • Robotic orchestration and lab simulation
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