Senior ML Scientist, Biological Systems
Lila Sciencesabout 4 hours ago
Base Salary
$268k - $336k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build autonomous life science systems that connect AI reasoning, biological evidence, experimental design, and automated execution.
- Translate the broader Autonomous Life Science AI vision into concrete architectures, workflows, prototypes, and production-quality research systems.
- Develop methods for representing hypotheses, uncertainty, evidence, and scientific arguments for robust machine reasoning.
- Apply Bayesian reasoning and scientific methodology to design AI systems that propose, test, and revise biological hypotheses.
- Design agentic workflows that plan experiments and reason over results.
- Partner with ML scientists, experimental scientists, and automation teams to ensure systems are biologically grounded.
- Build evaluation frameworks for autonomous discovery systems, including benchmarks for reasoning quality and experimental utility.
- Contribute to the technical roadmap for autonomous life science research systems.
Requirements
- PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computational Biology, Statistics, Biology, or a related quantitative field.
- Strong research track record in machine learning, AI for science, or computational biology.
- Deep understanding of scientific reasoning, experimental design, and evidence integration.
- Experience building or researching systems that reason over complex scientific data.
- Strong foundation in modern ML methods with hands-on experience in frameworks like PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
- Ability to translate biological questions into computational problems and vice versa.
- Strong technical judgment in open-ended research settings.
- Excellent collaboration skills across AI, biology, automation, and platform teams.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
- Flexible time off with generous company-wide holidays.
- Paid parental leave and educational assistance program.
- Commuter benefits, including bike share memberships.
- Company subsidized lunch program.