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Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational)

Menlo Ventures Portfolio

San Francisco, CA · Senior

$300,000 – $320,000

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What this role is

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.

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What they ask for

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)

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