Natera

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