Xaira Therapeutics
AI Scientist - Biomedical Multimodal Modeling
$170K–$240K
South San Francisco, California, United States · Full-time · Posted May 4, 2026
About the job
Develops multimodal foundation models that learn from biological image and molecular data to represent, predict, and generate information about biological systems.
What you'll do
- Develop and train multimodal foundation models spanning image and molecular data.
- Unify representation learning and generative modeling, including cross-modal alignment, prediction, and generation.
- Build scalable systems for data processing, training, and evaluation.
What they ask for
- Strong background in deep learning, especially modern architectures.
- Experience with representation learning and generative modeling.
- Proficiency in Python, ML frameworks, and CI/CD; the posting names PyTorch and JAX as examples.
Nice to have
- Exposure to biological or scientific datasets.
- Experience with paired or partially aligned multimodal data.
Pay
$170,000 - $240,000 annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, PyTorch, JAX, CI/CD
AI focus
Builds foundation models for biological systems using multimodal image and molecular data, combining representation learning and generative modeling to encode, predict, and generate information from partial observations.
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