(Senior) Scientist, Multimodal Biological Reasoning
Flagship Pioneering, Inc. · Cambridge, MA USA
Posted 22 days ago · $136,000 - $264,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 22 days Flagship Pioneering, Inc.'s roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 89% of Flagship Pioneering, Inc.'s roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Flagship Pioneering, Inc.
- high 50 stale, 1 reposted of 100 open
- Hiring momentum
- 144 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
As a Senior Scientist at Pioneering Intelligence, you will focus on developing polyintelligent AI systems that integrate human expertise and biological signals for advanced reasoning in biology. Your role will involve designing and training large-scale biological reasoning models, curating biological datasets, and translating biological questions into machine learning problems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to apply these models in innovative ways to solve complex life sciences challenges.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
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What you need
- PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computational Biology, Systems Biology or related quantitative field (or Master’s with equivalent research experience)
- Strong machine learning and software engineering fundamentals
- Experience handling and processing large scale biological datasets
- Ability to work independently in an ambiguous environment
- Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional settings with scientists or biotech teams
Nice to have
- Experience pre-training, fine-tuning and/or post-training large foundation models
- Experience with multi-modal machine learning, particularly non-text modalities
- High impact contributions in relevant venues, such as major product releases, publications, or open-source contributions in AI for Science
- Experience with causal reasoning, especially as relevant to perturbation biology
- Fluency in at least one life science domain
What you get
- Healthcare coverage
- Annual incentive program
- Retirement benefits
- Broad range of other benefits
Worth weighing
- No specific details on the company's current projects or technologies being used
- The role involves working in an ambiguous environment which may require adaptability
- Salary range provided but may vary based on qualifications and experience
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