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Cytokinetics · 14 hours ago

Intern – Translational Biology (AI/ML)

South San Francisco, California

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$35/hr - $40/hr

Cytokinetics is a specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company, building on its over 25 years of pioneering scientific innovations in muscle biology. The role involves working closely with cross-functional teams to contribute to translational biomarker discovery efforts using large-scale population biobank datasets.

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth Care

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Curate, harmonize and analyze multi-modal biobank datasets (genetic data, phenotypes/EHR-derived traits, imaging, proteomics/transcriptomics where available) relevant to cardiovascular and neuromuscular disorders

Develop and implement statistical genetics methods and/or AI/ML workflows for translational biomarker discovery, risk prediction and novel target prioritization (including model development, evaluation and interpretation)

Evaluate the utility of protein language models for variant interpretation and improving statistical power for rare variant association tests

Apply causal inference approaches where appropriate (e.g., Mendelian randomization, colocalization, fine-mapping) to strengthen biological plausibility and therapeutic hypotheses

Build end-to-end, reproducible analysis pipeline following best practices for cloud computing (AWS/GCP) and data science

Communicate findings through clear documentation, presentations and written summaries for both computational and experimental audiences

Qualification

AI/MLStatistical modelingComputational BiologyGenetic datasetsImaging datasetsCommunication skillsInterpersonal skills

Required

Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a Master's Degree or PhD (PhD preferred) in Human Genetics, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biomedical Informatics, Computer Science, or a related field

Experience in applying AI/ML to biological or clinical problems

Experience in working with genetic and/or imaging datasets

Solid understanding of statistical modeling and analytical methods used in machine learning and data science

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred

Strong plus: evidence of strong computational and statistical analysis skills (e.g., publications, conference presentations, and/or a GitHub portfolio)

Company

Cytokinetics

Cytokinetics is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for debilitating diseases.

Founded in 1998

South San Francisco, California, USA

501-1000 employees

http://cytokinetics.com

H1B Sponsorship

Cytokinetics has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (9)

2024 (9)

2023 (4)

2022 (6)

2021 (7)

2020 (4)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$2.41B

Key Investors

Royalty PharmaDeerfieldVulcan

2025-09-16Post Ipo Debt· $650M

2024-05-22Post Ipo Equity· $550M

2024-05-22Post Ipo Debt· $50M

Leadership Team

Robert Blum

President & CEO

Sung Lee

EVP & CFO

Recent News

PR Newswire

Orsini Selected as Specialty Pharmacy Partner for Cytokinetics's MYQORZO™ (aficamten)

2026-01-14

GlobeNewswire

CareMed Has Been Selected as a National Specialty Pharmacy Provider for MYQORZO™ (aficamten)

2026-01-13

FiercePharma

2025 drug approvals: Despite FDA tumult and macro uncertainty, biopharma scored with 55 new products

2026-01-09

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