AI Enablement ML Engineer — Accelerate Drug Discovery

Genentech; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Genentech is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to design and deploy scalable AI/ML systems that accelerate drug discovery and development. You will work with computational scientists, researchers, product leaders, and DevOps to build end-to-end AI solutions and improve data pipelines.

The role emphasizes collaboration, modern tech stacks, and ongoing learning to deliver impactful medicines. Onsite presence in South San Francisco is expected, with competitive salary and discretionary bonus

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency with AI/ML frameworks, libraries, and toolsets.
• Expert knowledge of statistics, machine learning theory, and algorithms.
• Strong knowledge of ML performance optimization, GPU best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test robust, scalable, and maintainable AI/ML facing scientific web applications and backend systems.
• Build tools to evaluate AI/ML model performance and establish new ways to understand AI quality.
• Partner with product managers and scientists to understand user needs, shape requirements, and translate them into actionable technical specifications.
• Develop and maintain systems for collecting, structuring, and storing diverse scientific data that support advanced analytics, machine learning, and other data-driven initiatives.
• Implement, adopt, or evaluate new AI/ML algorithms and analytical techniques
• Contribute to architectural decisions, code reviews, and the evolution of our development processes.
• Be willing to span the stack and contribute where needed, even outside of your core area of expertise.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry best practices and adopt a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and curiosity.

Skills

AI/ML frameworks

Statistics

ML optimization

Cloud-native

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Data lakes

AWS

Job description

Genentech is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to design and deploy scalable AI/ML systems that accelerate drug discovery and development. You will work with computational scientists, researchers, product leaders, and DevOps to build end-to-end AI solutions and improve data pipelines.

The role emphasizes collaboration, modern tech stacks, and ongoing learning to deliver impactful medicines. Onsite presence in South San Francisco is expected, with competitive salary and discretionary bonus