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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 3 weeks ago

Computational Biology Intern, PhD Students

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$48/hr - $48/hr

Start in 2026 Summer

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is seeking doctoral level students for a 10-week internship in Computational Biology. The role involves designing a multi-agent AI system, validating biological domain knowledge, and integrating pipelines for proof-of-concept demonstrations.

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalTherapeutics

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Design and Build the Agentic Framework: Lead the design, rapid prototyping, and testing of a multi-agent AI system using Python and modern LLM/agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen, Google ADK or similar)

Infuse and Validate Biological Domain Knowledge: Act as the "subject matter expert" to guide the AI. You will apply your deep knowledge of oncology/immunology to curate training data, design prompts for hypothesis generation, and critically evaluate the AI's outputs

Integrate and Demonstrate Pipelines: Integrate the separate agents into a single, end-to-end proof-of-concept pipeline constructing

Qualification

Computational BiologyHigh-Dimensional Genomics Data HandlingPythonAgentic Frameworks & LLMsDeep Learning/ML ExpertiseOncology/ImmunologyRScientific Computing Libraries

Required

Doctoral level students majoring in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Biomedical Informatics (with a specialization in AI, ML, or genomics) or a related discipline. Candidates must have an expected graduation date after August 2026

High-Dimensional Genomics Data Handling: Proven experience in cleaning, preprocessing, and analyzing large biological datasets, such as RNA-seq, scRNA-seq, proteomics, or genomic data, is required

Coding Proficiency: Coding skills in R and Python, including libraries for scientific computing (NumPy, Pandas), are required

Agentic Frameworks & LLMs: Direct, hands-on experience with orchestration frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, or similar tools used for building multi-agent systems and leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) is required

Ability to report onsite to Waltham, MA 3-5 days per week. This role will not provide relocation assistance

US Work Authorization is required at time of application

This role will not be providing OPT support

Preferred

Oncology/Immunology: Specific experience or coursework focused on molecular pathways, disease mechanisms, and the interpretation of gene expression data are a plus

Deep Learning/ML Expertise: Experience with deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow is a plus