Scientist / Senior Scientist, Multimodal AI

Responsibilities

• Design, code, and train large-scale foundation models (e.g., Vision Transformers, Multimodal LLMs) that can embed spatial data and integrate multiple modalities.
• Implement innovative cross-domain mapping and fusion strategies to synchronize heterogeneous biological datasets.
• Build and manage high-performance ML pipelines capable of processing petabyte-scale image repositories and multi-omics streams in a cloud environment.
• Work directly in the trenches with experimental scientists and software engineers to translate biological complexity into performant code and reliable distributed systems.

Requirements

• PhD in Computer Science, AI/ML, Biomedical Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Deep experience building and deploying modern Computer Vision architectures (Vision Transformers, U-Nets, Self-Supervised Learning).
• Proven experience training and fine-tuning large models at scale using frameworks like PyTorch Distributed, DeepSpeed, or Jax.
• Expert-level Python skills, with a focus on building production-ready machine learning code and large-scale data management systems.
• A track record of technical contributions via high-impact publications (CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, etc.) or significant contributions to open-source ML frameworks.
• Direct experience with Multimodal Fusion (e.g., aligning image embeddings with transcriptomic or proteomic data).
• Proficiency with cloud-native AI tools (AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, Docker) and building automated MLOps workflows.
• Experience handling the unique noise and sparsity of biological data.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications for Redwood City, CA: Scientist I, Machine Learning: $200,900 - $257,500; Scientist II, Machine Learning: $226,200 - $290,000; Senior Scientist I, Machine Learning: $257,400 - $330,000
• Minimum qualifications for San Diego, CA: Scientist I, Machine Learning: $179,400 - $230,000; Scientist II, Machine Learning: $212,900 - $273,000; Senior Scientist I, Machine Learning: $239,500 - $307,000

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Belongs to a culture of scientific excellence, learning, and belonging

Pay

• Redwood City, CA: Scientist I, Machine Learning: $200,900 - $257,500; Scientist II, Machine Learning: $226,200 - $290,000; Senior Scientist I, Machine Learning: $257,400 - $330,000
• San Diego, CA: Scientist I, Machine Learning: $179,400 - $230,000; Scientist II, Machine Learning: $212,900 - $273,000; Senior Scientist I, Machine Learning: $239,500 - $307,000

Schedule

• Full-time