# Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational)

Hiring organization: [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d487adf2-1cb7-418a-8126-133bc1f224ea

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Salary: 300000 – 320000 USD per year

## Summary

This role brings computational biology expertise to Anthropic's life sciences research group, building analysis pipelines and working alongside experimental biologists to drive AI-accelerated scientific discovery. It suits researchers with deep computational biology experience who want to shape how AI transforms biological research at scale.

_Our summary, not Menlo Ventures Portfolio's wording._

## Skills named

Bioinformatics, C++, Cloud Computing, Linux, Machine Learning, Python, R

## Required

- PhD in computational biology, bioinformatics, genomics, biophysics, machine learning, computer science, or related field (or equivalent industry research)
- Track record of leading computational biology research end-to-end with demonstrable impact
- Breadth across multiple computational biology areas
- Proficiency in scientific computing languages and comfort with large datasets on Linux and cloud environments
- Ability to scope and execute computational analyses for experimental biologists
- Clear communication of results to biologists and ML researchers

## Nice to have

- Comfort with ambiguity in rapidly evolving research environments
- Results-oriented with flexibility and impact focus
- Hands-on experimental biology experience or track record designing experiments with experimentalists
- Experience building tools, pipelines, or agentic systems with LLMs, or training models on biological sequences
- Deep expertise in one or two computational biology specialties (structural biology, metagenomics, single-cell genomics, protein design)

Apply on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5357739008