AI Biologist – Rare and Progressive Disease

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Contribute to the technical strategy for assessing how AI agents can diagnose, treat, conduct research, and facilitate target discovery in rare and progressive diseases.

• Collaborate with scientists, physician-scientists, software engineers, and computational biologists.

• Develop ground-truth benchmark datasets derived from studies, professional experiences, and innovative work.

• Rigorously evaluate if AI agents can execute essential analytical and interpretative tasks performed by expert scientists.

• Assist in defining strategies across various biological benchmarks.

• Begin with the benchmark that aligns with the candidate's expertise and potentially transition across teams based on performance.

• Complete a take-home HackerRank project, a technical interview, a cultural interview, and a background check upon accepting an offer.

⛳️ Requirements

• Advanced degree (MS/MD/PhD/PharmD) in biology, genetics, physiology, computational biology, or a related biomedical discipline.

• A minimum of 3 years of practical research experience in relevant fields, with demonstrated impact through publications or industry involvement.

• Proficient in Python and/or R for biological data analysis and visualization, or possess expert-level skills in experimental or methods design.

• Extensive scientific or clinical knowledge in at least one pertinent disease area, such as rare genetic diseases, neurodegeneration, COPD, or MASH.

• Skilled in designing and troubleshooting relevant wet- or dry-lab experiments, or knowledgeable in clinical diagnosis, treatment, and research.

• Work authorization varies by location; the company provides sponsorship for H-1B, O-1, and TN visas and supports STEM OPT.

🏝️ Benefits

• Company outings occurring most months.

• Team off-sites.

• Community activities including cycling, soccer, figure skating, boxing, running, martial arts, music, books, and game nights.

• Uncapped performance-based compensation.

• Full OTE paid for the first 4 weeks during training.

• Full OTE compensated when quota cannot be fairly applied.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance: 100% coverage for the employee, 50% for dependents (US).

• 401(k) plan with no matching (US).

• PTO: 12 days to start, increasing with promotions (US).

• Monthly advance of 60% of OTE for contractors outside the US, never to be reclaimed.

• Two career development paths: individual contributor and management.

• OTE increases with each individual contributor promotion.

• Catered lunches and dinners with unlimited snacks for onsite employees.

• H-1B, O-1, and TN visa sponsorship; STEM OPT support.

• Equity opportunities.

• $10K sign-on bonus if starting within 2 weeks of signing.