AI Scientist: Single-Cell & Multimodal Foundations

Xaira Therapeutics; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package including bonus and equity

Job summary

An innovative biotech startup in South San Francisco is seeking an AI Scientist to develop and apply machine learning models to analyze single-cell datasets. The ideal candidate will hold a PhD in a relevant discipline and possess strong expertise in single-cell data analysis and foundation models. Responsibilities include designing scalable ML architectures and collaborating with biologists to drive discovery. The compensation package includes a competitive salary ranging from $150,000 to $240,000 annually based on experience.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent in Computational Biology, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or related discipline.
• Strong expertise in single‑cell data analysis, particularly perturb‑seq.
• Hands‑on experience with foundation models or large‑scale self‑supervised learning.

Responsibilities

• Design, train, and refine foundation models tailored to perturb‑seq and other single‑cell datasets.
• Build pipelines for preprocessing and integration of large‑scale single‑cell data.
• Apply ML/AI approaches to model cellular responses and identify insights.

Skills

Single-cell data analysis

Foundation models

Python programming

Machine Learning frameworks

Scalable ML methods

Education

PhD in Computational Biology or related discipline

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scanpy

Seurat

Job description

An innovative biotech startup in South San Francisco is seeking an AI Scientist to develop and apply machine learning models to analyze single-cell datasets. The ideal candidate will hold a PhD in a relevant discipline and possess strong expertise in single-cell data analysis and foundation models. Responsibilities include designing scalable ML architectures and collaborating with biologists to drive discovery. The compensation package includes a competitive salary ranging from $150,000 to $240,000 annually based on experience.