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Our mission is to ensure foundational AI research translates into meaningful clinical value from day one.\nThe Role\nAs an AI Scientist at BIOS Life, you will drive the research and development of the machine-learning systems powering our personalized cancer surveillance platform. Your work will span foundation models, cancer risk prediction, biomarker detection, longitudinal monitoring, and reinforcement-learning systems designed to recommend optimal screening and follow-up strategies.\nYou will help keep BIOS Life at the forefront of AI, healthcare, and biology, shape our research roadmap, and translate scientific advances into practical clinical applications.\nReporting to the Head of AI, you will work closely with our clinical, product, and engineering teams. As an early-stage hire, you will have significant influence over our scientific direction, technical approach, and research culture.\nKey Responsibilities\nResearch Strategy & Scientific Innovation\nSurvey the AI, genomics, and oncology literature to identify emerging methods and high-impact research opportunities.\n\nHelp shape the research roadmap and advance the state of the art in AI-driven cancer surveillance.\n\nTranslate scientific questions and clinical needs into actionable research priorities.\n\nMachine Learning Model Development\nDesign, train, and evaluate models for cancer biomarker detection, risk stratification, and longitudinal monitoring.\n\nDevelop and investigate reinforcement-learning approaches to recommend personalized screening and survivorship strategies.\n\nFine-tune and adapt foundation models to genomic, electronic health record (EHR), and other relevant biomedical data.\n\nResearch-to-Production\nPartner with engineering to translate research prototypes into scalable, reliable production systems.\n\nBridge multimodal learning and clinical workflows, ensuring research outputs can support real-world applications.\n\nContribute to the development of modern AI pipelines and infrastructure.\n\nScientific Evaluation & Rigor\nDesign rigorous experimental frameworks and benchmarking strategies to evaluate model performance.\n\nDevelop and contribute to clinical validation protocols, with appropriate attention to generalizability, robustness, and limitations.\n\nMaintain high standards of scientific integrity, reproducibility, and technical quality.\n\nPublications & Scientific Communication\nLead and contribute to peer-reviewed publications, conference papers, and technical reports.\n\nCommunicate complex technical findings clearly to scientific, clinical, and cross-functional audiences.\n\nRepresent BIOS Life in scientific forums and collaborations with academic and clinical partners.\n\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nWork closely with oncologists, epidemiologists, product managers, and engineers to align research with clinical needs and product objectives.\n\nCollaborate across disciplines to turn promising scientific advances into meaningful improvements in cancer surveillance.\n\nWhat You Bring\nRequired Qualifications\nPhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, or a related quantitative field.\n\nStrong publication record in applied AI, including large-scale machine learning or foundation models, and/or research at the intersection of AI, biology, and healthcare.\n\nHands-on experience training and evaluating machine-learning models.\n\nProficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.\n\nFamiliarity with cloud-based GPU/TPU computing and modern machine-learning pipelines.\n\nSolid software engineering fundamentals, including version control, testing, and code review.\n\nExcellent scientific writing and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to technical and clinical audiences.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience working with biomedical or healthcare data, such as genomics, pathology, or EHRs.\n\nTrack record of translating research into real-world clinical applications or production products.\n\nExperience with foundation models, multimodal learning, reinforcement learning, or personalized risk prediction.\n\nEntrepreneurial mindset and ability to thrive in a fast-moving, mission-driven startup.\n\nPrevious experience at an early-stage startup or building machine-learning systems from zero to one.\n\nWhat We Offer\nThe opportunity to work alongside founders and executives shaping our AI platform.\n\nMeaningful equity participation and the opportunity to share in the company’s success.\n\nCompetitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.\n\nA collaborative, in-person working environment at our Boston office, four days per week.\n\nAccess to world-class datasets and clinical collaborators.\n\nA mission-driven opportunity to improve outcomes for cancer survivors and high-risk individuals.\n\nA culture of scientific rigor, intellectual curiosity, and individual ownership.\n\nJoin Us\nAt BIOS Life, you will help advance AI research with the potential to change how cancer survivors and high-risk individuals are monitored and supported. 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