Phylo
Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Scientist
$170K–$275K
South San Francisco · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 8, 2026
- Experience
- Industry experience in biotech or pharma is required; no specific number of years stated.
- Education
- PhD in a relevant field (or MD/PhD or equivalent).
About the job
Build and evaluate biomedical AI-agent capabilities while partnering with biotech and pharma customers to deliver scientific solutions.
What you'll do
- Build and curate biomedical skills, tools, databases, and data integrations for agents.
- Evaluate agent performance and scientific accuracy through benchmarks, structured evaluations, and scientific review.
- Work with enterprise customers on workflows, training, solution delivery, and product feedback.
What they ask for
- PhD in a relevant field, or MD/PhD or equivalent, with command of biomedical tools, databases, and analytical workflows.
- Industry experience in biotech or pharma in computational biology, bioinformatics, or a closely related function.
- Engineering skills in coding, pipeline development, and working with biological data at scale.
- Deep expertise in at least one area: Discovery, IND-Enabling, or Clinical & Translational.
Nice to have
- AI-native working style and fluency with modern AI coding tools and agent-based workflows.
- Experience with LLMs, agents, or AI/ML systems applied to biomedical problems.
Pay
$170K – $275K (base salary)
Tools
ChEMBL, PubChem, RFdiffusion, ProteinMPNN, ESM, Simcyp, GastroPlus, NONMEM
AI focus
Build biomedical agents’ skills, tools, databases, and data integrations; evaluate and improve agent performance and scientific rigor. Preferred experience includes LLMs, agents, and AI/ML systems applied to biomedical problems.
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