
Staff Machine Learning Scientist – Translational AI
Natera
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $163,000 - $201,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Provide technical leadership in biomedical foundation models and clinical translation
- Shape application of genomic, pathology, and multimodal foundation models
- Collaborate with AI scientists, translational scientists, and clinical partners
- Lead application and post-training of foundation models for biomarker discovery
- Design workflows that extract biologically interpretable signals
- Ensure modeling outputs align with biological plausibility and clinical relevance
- Build and evaluate advanced ML models across various data types
- Collaborate with translational science and clinical teams
Requirements
- PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field
- 5+ years of experience applying ML to biological, genomic, or clinical data in oncology, immunology, or translational medicine
- Deep experience with foundation models, representation learning, self-supervised learning, or deep sequence models
- Demonstrated ability to translate ML outputs into biological insight or clinical value
- Strong proficiency in PyTorch and modern ML tooling (e.g., HuggingFace transformers, PEFT, Captum, MLFow)
- Track record of scientific and technical leadership through project ownership, mentorship, or cross-team influence
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans
- Free testing for employees and their immediate families
- Fertility care benefits
- Pregnancy and baby bonding leave
- 401k benefits
- Commuter benefits
- Employee referral program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learningfoundation modelsrepresentation learningself-supervised learningdeep sequence modelsbiomarker discoveryworkflow designbiologically interpretable signalsdata evaluationgenomic data analysis
Soft Skills
technical leadershipcollaborationmentorshipproject ownershipcross-team influence
Certifications
PhD in Computational BiologyPhD in BioinformaticsPhD in Computer Science