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
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