Senior Biomedical AI Research Scientist

Pfizer Inc; Bothell (WA); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Health benefits

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Pfizer Inc is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Research Scientist to develop and advance AI methods for biomedical research. You will design experiments, build scalable evaluation strategies, and collaborate with engineers and scientists to turn insights into actionable outcomes.

The role emphasizes ownership of research areas, benchmark development, and transfer of frameworks across therapeutic areas. Work location is hybrid with on-site collaboration required.

Qualifications

• PhD in Machine Learning, AI, CS, Statistics, Applied Math, Computational Biology, or related field preferred.
• Master's degree with 2+ years of relevant industry or research experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop Frontier AI methods for biomedical research, including foundation models and multimodal approaches.
• Design and execute rigorous experiments with clear hypotheses and reproducible methods.
• Set scalable evaluation standards, building datasets and validation strategies for robust models.
• Collaborate with AI engineers, computational biologists, and domain experts to interpret results.
• Build reusable frameworks and components that transfer across diseases and programs.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

JAX

Experiment design

Education

PhD in ML or related quantitative field

Master's with 2+ years experience

Tools

Distributed training

Experiment tracking

Job description

Pfizer Inc is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Research Scientist to develop and advance AI methods for biomedical research. You will design experiments, build scalable evaluation strategies, and collaborate with engineers and scientists to turn insights into actionable outcomes.

The role emphasizes ownership of research areas, benchmark development, and transfer of frameworks across therapeutic areas. Work location is hybrid with on-site collaboration required.