Roche · 1 day ago
2026 Summer Intern - Translational Safety (Computational Toxicology)
South San Francisco
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$50/hr - $50/hr
Start in 2026 SpringRoche is a leading biotechnology company, and they are seeking a summer intern for their Translational Safety department focused on Computational Toxicology. The intern will work on developing an LLM-powered AI agent to enhance compound safety profiling by implementing a Text-to-SQL framework for querying non-clinical toxicity data.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsOncologyPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Expand the current capabilities of an internally developed LLM-powered AI agent
Implement a robust Text-to-SQL framework where the LLM translates natural language questions into executable SQL queries
Assist users in comprehending compound toxicity across disparate studies, aggregating data for predictive modeling, and identifying test articles sharing specific substructures linked to specific adverse events
Qualification
Required
Must be pursuing a Master's Degree (enrolled student)
Must have attained a Master's Degree
Must be pursuing a PhD (enrolled student)
Computer Science, Cheminformatics, Bioinformatics, Computational Toxicology, Machine Learning & AI, Data Science or related fields
Advanced Python: Strong proficiency in Python for data manipulation and backend development
Database Expertise: Deep understanding of relational databases and the ability to write and optimize complex SQL queries
Generative AI & NLP: Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) and prompt engineering to interface with structured data
Good communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
Preferred
Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion
Chemoinformatics: Familiarity with chemistry toolkits like RDKit and concepts such as molecular fingerprinting or substructure searching
Scientific Data Standards: Knowledge of the SEND format or experience handling clinical/non-clinical study data
Problem Solving: A desire to work at the intersection of life sciences and AI to solve real-world drug safety challenges
Benefits
Paid holiday time off benefits
Company
Roche
Roche is a pharmaceutical and diagnostics company that offers medicines and diagnostic tests for various medical conditions and diseases.
Founded in 1896
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$7.79BKey Investors
SoftBankSCALE AINovartis
2021-08-04Post Ipo Equity· $5B
2020-12-07IPO
2020-05-06Post Ipo Equity· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Alan Hippe
Member of the Executive Board - Group CFO
Christine Bakan
Global Head and VP of Software and Bioinformatics, Next Generation Sequencing
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