Xaira Therapeutics

Xaira Therapeutics

AI Scientist, BioMedical AI

South San Francisco, California, United States

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$240kDetected 76 days ago
PythonMachine LearningTensorFlowPyTorchData AnalysisNLPLLMsBioinformaticsExperimental Design

About the role

  • We are looking for an AI Scientist to join our team at the intersection of machine learning and single-cell biology.
  • Apply ML/AI approaches to model cellular responses to perturbations and identify causal biological insights.
  • Publish methods and results in top scientific journals and present at conferences.

Responsibilities

  • Design, train, and refine foundation models tailored to perturb-seq and other single-cell datasets.
  • Build pipelines for preprocessing, normalization, and integration of large-scale single-cell and perturbation data.
  • Collaborate with experimental biologists to align computational methods with experimental design and discovery goals.
  • Develop multimodal integration approaches across transcriptomic, epigenomic, and proteomic single-cell readouts.
  • You will help design scalable ML architectures that can extract insight from high-dimensional perturbation data and integrate across multi-omic modalities.
  • Xaira Therapeutics an equal-opportunity employer. We believe that our strength is in our differences. Our goal to build a diverse and inclusive team began on day one, and it will never end.
  • Our goal to build a diverse and inclusive team began on day one, and it will never end.

Requirements

  • Strong expertise in single-cell data analysis, particularly perturb-seq
  • Familiarity with multi-omics integration and cross-modal foundation models.
  • PhD or equivalent in Computational Biology, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or related discipline.
  • Hands-on experience with foundation models or large-scale self-supervised learning (e.g., transformers, variational autoencoders).
  • Experience in developing scalable ML methods for large biological datasets.
  • Preferred
  • Background in causal inference, generative models, or representation learning for biological systems.
  • Track record of impactful publications in computational biology, machine learning, or related fields.

Skills

  • About Xaira Therapeutics
  • Xaira is an innovative biotech startup focused on leveraging AI to transform drug discovery and development.
  • Collectively, these technologies aim to continually enable the identification of novel therapies and to improve success in drug development.
  • Xaira is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and London.
  • Strong coding skills in Python, ML frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow), and single-cell analysis tools (Scanpy, Seurat).

Compensation

  • We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, seeking to provide an open, flexible, and friendly work environment to empower employees and provide them with a platform to develop their long-term careers.
  • We offer a competitive package that includes base salary, bonus, and equity.
  • The base pay range for this position is expected to be $150,000 - $240,000 annually
  • however, the base pay offered may vary depending on the market, job-related knowledge, skills and capabilities, and experience.

Benefits

  • A Summary of Benefits is available for all applicants.

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