Life Sciences AI Research Scientist

Menlo Ventures; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Menlo Ventures is looking for a Research Scientist to join the Life Sciences team. This role focuses on enhancing AI capabilities via ML and software engineering in the bioinformatics sphere.

The ideal candidate will have substantial research expertise in biological applications, solid programming skills, and a passion for scientific discovery through AI. The position offers a competitive annual salary range of $300,000—$320,000 and requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree.

Qualifications

• Experience applying ML and software engineering to biological problems.
• Strong software engineering skills and familiarity with production-level Python.
• Hands-on experience in training or fine-tuning ML models.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship tools for scientific workflows.
• Design evaluation benchmarks for model capabilities.
• Work with external users to enhance product features.

Skills

Machine Learning

Software Engineering

Computational Biology

Bioinformatics

Python

Deep Learning

Education

Ph.D. in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, CS or related field

Tools

Bioinformatics Tooling

Job description

Menlo Ventures is looking for a Research Scientist to join the Life Sciences team. This role focuses on enhancing AI capabilities via ML and software engineering in the bioinformatics sphere.

The ideal candidate will have substantial research expertise in biological applications, solid programming skills, and a passion for scientific discovery through AI. The position offers a competitive annual salary range of $300,000—$320,000 and requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree.