Senior Scientist, Computational Biology & AI Strategy

Tempus AI; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tempus AI in Chicago seeks a Senior Scientist in Computational Biology to lead data-driven analyses across genomic, clinical, and imaging data, powering drug discovery and precision medicine projects.

You will advance AI-enabled workflows, contribute to platform development, and mentor junior scientists while collaborating with Pharma R&D and data science teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Machine Learning, or a related field (or Masters with 3+ years).
• Plus an additional 2+ years of relevant industry or post-doctoral experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead analyses integrating genomic, transcriptomic, imaging and clinical data.
• Collaborate with life science strategy, market intelligence and pharma R&D.
• Develop methods for real-world evidence, survival analysis, and multi-modal integration.
• Build reusable code, internal packages, and best practices across collaborations.
• Translate concepts into analysis plans and clearly communicate results to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

R/Python

ML/AI

Statistics

Data QA/QC

Communication

Education

PhD in Computational Biology or related field

2+ years industry/post-doc experience

Tools

R

Python

Copilot/Cursor

SQL

Git

Job description

Tempus AI in Chicago seeks a Senior Scientist in Computational Biology to lead data-driven analyses across genomic, clinical, and imaging data, powering drug discovery and precision medicine projects.

You will advance AI-enabled workflows, contribute to platform development, and mentor junior scientists while collaborating with Pharma R&D and data science teams in a fast-paced environment.