Flagship Pioneering
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Venture capitalInvestments
34
15 of them startups
Hiring now
18
347 open roles
Exits
14
Focusshare of its companies
Drug Discovery 32%Medical AI 9%Synthetic Biology 6%Biologics & Biosimilars 6%Cell & Gene Therapy 6%Rare Disease Therapeutics 6%Vaccines 6%Machine Learning 6%
Where its companies are
United States 50%
Stage of its companies
Venture, series not stated 100%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 34 investments
Lila SciencesVenture round $200M · 19 mo ago · 100 roles
CellarityVenture round $121M · 4 yr ago · 2 roles
Tessera TherapeuticsVenture round $230M · 5 yr ago · 4 roles
Inari AgricultureVenture round $207.6M · 5 yr ago · 3 roles
Moderna190 roles
Generate:Biomedicines14 roles
Sail Biomedicines12 roles
Terrana Biosciences4 roles
mirai_bio4 roles
Ring Therapeutics2 roles
Harbinger Health2 roles
Alltrna2 roles
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
ARCH Venture Partners 
Nextech Invest 
RA Capital Management Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
OrbiMed
SR One
HBM Healthcare Investments
Atlas Venture
Foresite Capital
EcoR1 CapitalSources: its portfolio page, read Oct 3
How Flagship Pioneering hires
Truth index
A 85/100
Median time to fill
62 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
40%
Reposted roles
0%
Flagship Pioneering scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 10 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 40% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 62 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
Visa sponsorship
- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 10 · green card filings: 2
- United Kingdom · Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker)
Overview
Flagship Pioneering is a life sciences venture creation and platform investment firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 2000 by CEO Noubar Afeyan, the firm operates on a novel institutional innovation model where it acts as a principal founder, funder, and operator of first-in-category biotechnology and sustainability companies.
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Flagship Pioneering Named to Fast Company
--Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, has been named to Fast Company' s prestigious list of the World's Most Innovative Companies of 2024, ranking as the #3 most innovative company in North America. This is the third consecutive year
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Flagship Pioneering Unveils Ampersand Biomedicines to Create Highly Effective Medicines That Are Programed to Act Only Where Needed
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Flagship Pioneering over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
122
Postings analysed
70
Stack modernity
85/100AI adopter
Languages
Python50%
SQL9%
MATLAB3%
TypeScript3%
C++1%
Node JS1%
JavaScript1%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch14%
TensorFlow6%
JAX6%
Dagster6%
LangGraph4%
LangChain4%
ArduPilot3%
NumPy3%
Databases
PostgreSQL7%
Amazon Redshift4%
Snowflake4%
Delta Lake3%
Cloud & platforms
AWS29%
GCP10%
Kubernetes10%
Amazon ECS9%
Amazon S39%
Azure7%
Amazon EKS7%
Amazon SageMaker7%
Developer tools
Docker10%
Terraform9%
Git4%
Model Context Protocol4%
AWS CDK4%
Claude Code3%
Microsoft Excel3%
Rest API3%
AI & ML
LLM23%
Claude6%
ChatGPT4%
Gemini1%
Midjourney1%
Practices & domains
Machine Learning54%
AI Agents36%
CI/CD14%
Agentic Workflows11%
Multimodal AI9%
Fine-tuning7%
Function Calling6%
LLM Guardrails6%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$205k
Typical range
$83k – $413k
Open positions
81
78
Jobs
Junior
10.3%
Middle
9%
Senior
35.9%
Staff
5.1%
Principal
15.4%
Architect
24.4%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 8 | $102k | $83k – $170k |
| Middle | 7 | $94k | $90k – $235k |
| Senior | 28 | $182k | $107k – $413k |
| Staff | 4 | $179k | $176k – $346k |
| Principal | 12 | $247k | $209k – $297k |
| Architect | 19 | $248k | $204k – $400k |
Highest paying role
Senior Director / Vice President, Machine Learning (Generative Chemistry)
$413k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Flagship Pioneering
By role, level and city, against the market · 81 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
81/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
93
34 opened / 30 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
62 days
faster than 21% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
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.
Science & Research
44% ▲
Leadership
9%
Sales
6%
Legal
5% ▼
AI/ML
4% ▼
Operations
4% ▼
Actively hiring for Science & Research (+24 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Flyte to stack
Oct 2026
Added Unix to stack
Oct 2026
Added Ray to stack
Oct 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack
Sep 2026
Added Jenkins to stack
Sep 2026
Added Feature Store to stack
Sep 2026
Added Delta Lake to stack
Sep 2026
Added CloudFormation to stack
Sep 2026
Added Collibra to stack
Sep 2026
Added AWS Step Functions to stack
Sep 2026
Added Knowledge Graph to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Watertown
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
9
Hiring now
7
Countries
3
Busiest office
Cambridge
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Cambridge
United States
HQ
Generate Biomedicines
86 open roles 95 posted in 90 days 53% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $216k Avg Salary
hires for Science & Research, Leadership, Legal
55 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
Quotient Therapeutics, Inc.
7 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 86% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Science & Research, DevOps
Boulder
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 50-200 est. staff $162k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, DevOps, Industrial Engineering
Watertown
United States
Engineering / R&D
Abiologics, Inc
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff $156k Avg Salary
hires for Science & Research, Leadership
Durham
United States
Terrana Biosciences, Inc.
2 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $240k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership, Field & Service
Somerville
United States
Regional office
Invaio Sciences
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $242k Avg Salary
hires for Science & Research
Singapore
Singapore
Flagship Pioneering
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Science & Research
Boston
United States
Regional office
Integral Health
10-50 est. staff
Enterprise
United States
Regional office
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Jobs
$165k – $209k per year • In office • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge
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$208k – $286k per year • In office • 5+ years exp • PhD • Cambridge
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$172k – $237k per year • In office • 10+ years exp • Master's Degree • Cambridge
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$192k – $253k per year • In office • 8+ years exp • Master's Degree • Cambridge
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$161k – $204k per year • In office • 10+ years exp • PhD • Cambridge
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$120k – $193k per year • In office • Master's Degree • Cambridge
Python
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vLLM
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LLM
SFT
Context Engineering
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$108k – $209k per year • In office • 5+ years exp • Cambridge
Python
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LLM
Machine Learning
DevOps
AWS CDK
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AWS
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Amazon S3
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≈ $110k – $205k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • PhD • Cambridge
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JAX
AI Agents
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LLM
Agentic Workflows
Machine Learning
Cybersecurity
GDPR
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$279k – $413k per year • In office • 7+ years exp • Master's Degree • Cambridge
Python
FastAPI
Databases
PostgreSQL
Snowflake
pgvector
FAISS
Amazon Redshift
AI/ML
MLFlow
Prefect
JAX
Multimodal AI
AI Agents
Gradio
TensorFlow
PyTorch
LLM
Streamlit
Amazon SageMaker
Agentic Workflows
DevOps
Terraform
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
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Amazon ECS
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$263k – $347k per year • In office • 12+ years exp • Master's Degree • Cambridge
Python
Scikit-learn
AI Agents
PyTorch
Agentic Workflows
Machine Learning
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
GDPR
HIPAA
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$108k – $148k per year • In office • Contractor • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge
Python
SQL
Prompt Engineering
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Financials
Total raised
$3.6B
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | $3.6B | Details |