Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Research Institutes · Cancer Care Centers
76open roles
$76kmedian advertised pay
196H-1B filings in 12 months
Growinghiring pace, 68 of 100
Overview
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a cancer treatment and research centre in Boston, Massachusetts, providing adult and pediatric oncology care alongside laboratory and clinical research. Founded in 1947 and a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, it runs its main campus on Brookline Avenue in Boston, satellite sites in Massachusetts, and a cancer collaboration with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It hires patient operations managers, new patient coordinators, scientists, medical technologists, infusion pharmacy technicians, research administrators, science writers and philanthropy staff.
How Dana-Farber Cancer Institute hires
Truth index
B 77/100
Median time to fill
32 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
92%
Reposted roles
0%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 38 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 92% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 32 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
$75k – $92k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Boston
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$77k – $103k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Brookline
Good Clinical Practice
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$78k – $88k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 1+ year exp · Bachelor's Degree · United States
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$85k – $105k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · PhD · Boston
Mixture of Experts
Machine Learning
Life Sciences
Next-Generation Sequencing
Antibody Engineering
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$70k – $85k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Brookline
Good Clinical Practice
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$72k – $76k per year · In office · Full-Time · PhD · Boston
Antibody Engineering
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$72k – $76k per year · In office · Full-Time · PhD · Boston
CRISPR
Cell Culture
Mass Spectrometry
Molecular Cloning
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$44k – $48k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 1+ year exp · High School Diploma · United States
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$70k – $85k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · United States
Good Clinical Practice
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$64k – $71k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · United States
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$72k – $76k per year · In office · Full-Time · PhD · Boston
Python
Single-Cell Sequencing
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In office · Part-Time · 1+ year exp · High School Diploma · Boston
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$76k
Typical range
$44k – $271k
Open positions
188
145
Jobs
Junior
24.8%
Middle
21.4%
Senior
25.5%
Staff
3.4%
Principal
17.9%
Architect
6.9%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 36 | $54k | $44k – $160k |
| Middle | 31 | $85k | $62k – $271k |
| Senior | 37 | $124k | $57k – $211k |
| Staff | 5 | $127k | $53k – $186k |
| Principal | 26 | $76k | $76k – $123k |
| Architect | 10 | $162k | $101k – $242k |
Highest paying role
Instructor
$271k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
By role, level and city, against the market · 188 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
196 ▲ 12%
H-1B filings in 12 months
$78k
Median offered salary
195
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Other biological scientists
107
Biological technicians
18
Other physicians
15
In the register as Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 344 filings
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 81 filings
Mayo Clinic 479 filings
Brookhaven National Laboratory 368 filings
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 30, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
68/100
Growing
Open positions
195
88 opened / 97 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
34 days
faster than 39% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~8 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Administrative
25% ▲
Science & Research
18% ▼
Industrial Engineering
10%
Field & Service
8% ▼
Biotech
5%
Management
5% ▲
Actively hiring for Administrative (+27 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+26 jobs in a week
Nov 2026
Added Molecular Cloning to stack
Nov 2026
Added A/B Testing to stack
Nov 2026
Added SAS to stack
Nov 2026
+23 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
Added Single-Cell Sequencing to stack
Oct 2026
Added Cell Culture to stack
Oct 2026
Added Western Blot to stack
Oct 2026
Added PCR to stack
Oct 2026
Added Flow Cytometry to stack
Oct 2026
Added CRISPR to stack
Oct 2026
Added Mass Spectrometry to stack
Oct 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
63
Postings analysed
90
Stack modernity
60/100
Languages
Python17%
SQL7%
JavaScript2%
SAS1%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch1%
Databases
Oracle2%
MySQL1%
PostgreSQL1%
Snowflake1%
Cloud & platforms
GCP14%
Tableau8%
GitHub4%
Azure2%
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News
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announces record $2.5 billion fundraising initiative
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute raised $2.5 billion over a seven-year campaign, completing one of the largest fundraising initiatives entirely focused on cancer Monday.
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Novel compound protects against infection by virus that causes COVID-19, preliminary studies show Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Compounds that obstruct the "landing gear" of a range of harmful viruses can successfully protect against infection by the virus that causes COVID-19, a study published today and led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists shows.
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Antibiotic Novobiocin found to kill tumor cells with DNA-repair glitch
An antibiotic developed in the 1950s and largely supplanted by newer drugs, effectively targets and kills cancer cells with a common genetic defect, laboratory research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists shows.
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Personalized vaccine produces long-lasting anti-tumor response in patients with melanoma, study shows
Four years after patients with melanoma were treated with a personalized cancer vaccine, the immune response kindled by the vaccine remains robust and effective in keeping cancer cells under control, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham an
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New blood test can detect wide range of cancers, now available to at risk individuals in clinical study at Dana-Farber
A new blood test detected more than 50 types of cancer as well as their stage and location within the body with a high degree of accuracy
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Large study links nut consumption to reduced death rate
In the largest study of its kind, people who ate a daily handful of nuts were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause over a 30-year period than were those who didn't consume nuts, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
8
Hiring now
8
Countries
1
Busiest office
Boston
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Boston
United States
HQ
Longwood Medical Area
144 open roles 211 posted in 90 days 30% engineering 24% remote 1000-5000 est. staff $94k Avg Salary
hires for Science & Research, Administrative, Industrial Engineering
Brookline
United States
Corporate office
Brookline Area
24 open roles 30 posted in 90 days 4% engineering 200-500 est. staff $108k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Administrative, Biotech
Newton
United States
Plant / site
Chestnut Hill Area
5 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $85k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Administrative, Operations
Methuen
United States
Plant / site
Merrimack Valley Area
5 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $84k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative, Industrial Engineering, Field & Service
Chestnut Hill
United States
Corporate office
Chestnut Hill Area
4 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $79k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative, Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Cambridge
United States
Longwood Medical Area
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% remote 10-50 est. staff $166k Avg Salary
hires for HR
Attleboro
United States
Attleboro Area
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $62k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative
Milford
United States
Milford Area
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $145k Avg Salary
hires for Networking
Earlier presence
Foxborough, United States
Merrimack, United States