# Principal Scientist, SOP & Workflow Automation Champion, AI for Drug Discovery (AIDD) at Genentech

- Company: Genentech
- What the company does: Genentech discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes treatments for patients with serious and life-threatening medical conditions. Backed by North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
- Company website: https://gene.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: South San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $201K to $374K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-17
- Apply by: 2026-12-01
- Apply: https://roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ROG-A2O-GENE/job/South-San-Francisco/Principal-Scientist--SOP---Workflow-Automation-Champion--AI-for-Drug-Discovery--AIDD-_202608-120343?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
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## About the role

At Roche's AI for Drug Discovery (AIDD) group within the Computational Sciences Center of Excellence, we are architecting a vision for end-to-end computational drug discovery. Today, drug discovery workflows are fragmented—different models for different modalities, disconnected processes across teams, manual handoffs between discovery and development. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Technical Foundation
- PhD in Computer Science, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, or related field, or equivalent advanced experience (8+ years building computational systems)
- Deep expertise in workflow orchestration, data pipeline design, and software architecture (not just machine learning)
- Proven experience designing systems that integrate heterogeneous data sources, models, and processes at scale
- Strong proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX), familiarity with workflow tools (Nextflow, Snakemake, Airflow, or similar)
- Understanding of software engineering practices: version control, testing, documentation, CI/CD pipelines


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