Lila Sciences
ML Scientist I/II, AI for Protein Engineering
San Francisco, CA USA · Mid · Full-time
Stay score
odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →Employer immigration record
from this employer's Department of Labor filings
Files H-1B transfers
Sourced from Department of Labor LCA, PERM and prevailing-wage disclosure data. Employer matching is by name, so figures may be split across an employer's legal entities. Absence of a filing means none appears in our copy of the data, not that none exists.
Community outcomes
No reports yet — be the first to help the next applicant.
About the role
- Your final offer will reflect your background, expertise, and expected impact.
- USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions; international salaries are set to local market.
- We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI.
Responsibilities
- Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.
Nice to have
- Translate therapeutic and biological questions into well-defined ML problems, model outputs, and evaluation plans.
- Fluency with biological sequence, structure, function, developability, or experimental validation considerations.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills across ML, biology, experimental science, and software teams.
- Experience designing antibodies, nanobodies, enzymes, peptides, or other therapeutic proteins.
- Experience with structure prediction, generative protein design, diffusion models, flow matching, or protein language models.
- Familiarity with structural biology, conformational dynamics, developability, affinity maturation, or other biophysical constraints.
- Publications, open-source contributions, or applied research outputs in AI for science venues.
Compensation
- We offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity. Your final offer will reflect your background, expertise, and expected impact.
- International Benefits. Full-time employees outside the U.S. receive a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region. USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions
- Expected Base Salary Range
- $176,000 - $304,000 USD
Benefits
- U.S. Benefits.
- Full-time U.S. employees receive a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage
- employer-paid life and disability insurance
- flexible time off with generous company wide holidays
- paid parental leave
- an educational assistance program
- commuter benefits, including bike share memberships for office based employees
Company info
- We are looking for an ML Scientist I/II focused on AI for protein engineering.
Visa & Work Authorization
- al employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status
This listing is sourced directly from Lila Sciences's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.