Roche · 9 hours ago
Principal Applied AI Scientist, Translational AI Lab (TRAIL)
South San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$172K/yr - $320K/yr
5+ years expRoche is a company dedicated to innovating healthcare solutions. They are seeking a Principal Applied AI Scientist to lead efforts in applying advanced AI methods to address challenges in disease biology and translational research, collaborating closely with various teams to enhance drug discovery processes.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsOncologyPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Apply and fine-tune foundation models—such as large language models (LLMs), generative models, and multimodal encoders—for biological annotation, knowledge extraction, and biomarker hypothesis generation
Design workflows and pipelines that integrate model outputs with real-world biological data (e.g., gene expression, perturbation screens, clinical biomarkers)
Evaluate model performance, robustness, and interpretability in collaboration with BRAID and therapeutic scientists
Build tools and interfaces (e.g., notebooks, dashboards, chat-based validation flows) that connect AI capabilities with experimental and translational use cases
Contribute to internal benchmarking, testing, and validation frameworks that enable scientific and strategic decision-making
Collaborate across diverse teams of biologists, modelers, and software engineers to translate AI capabilities into program-level insights
Qualification
Required
PhD (or equivalent) in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Computational Biology, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics) or in a biological field (e.g., Oncology, Immunology, Molecular Biology) with demonstrated computational fluency
Minimum of 5 years of post-PhD experience in drug discovery, translational biology, or related computational science fields
Consistent and sustained record of scientific excellence in high-impact publications
Thought leadership in a relevant scientific domain
Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional projects
Strong mentoring record and demonstrated investment in talent development
Recognized as a domain expert and innovator, capable of shaping scientific direction and organizational strategy
External collaborations, invited talks, and involvement in scientific communities are valued
Preferred
Exposure to biomedical or multiomic data (e.g., single-cell, bulk RNA-seq, CRISPR screens, protein interaction networks)
Hands-on experience with LLM-based workflows, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, or real-time retrieval and evaluation systems (e.g., RAG, AutoGen)
Experience with benchmarking, evaluation frameworks, or model interpretability in applied settings
Prior involvement in translational research, target discovery, or biomarker identification is a plus but not required
Benefits
A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.
Company
Roche
Roche is a pharmaceutical and diagnostics company that offers medicines and diagnostic tests for various medical conditions and diseases.
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 Group Vice President, Computational Science and Informatics R&D
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