# Leading data-driven lab for AI medicines at Inceptive

- Company: Inceptive
- What the company does: We build models of life beyond human understanding. Our models extrapolate from data to design breakthrough medicines for humanity’s most challenging diseases. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://inceptive.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $221K to $305K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-02-24
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/inceptive/jobs/5060348007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/inceptive-leading-data-driven-lab-for-ai-medicines/

## About the role

At Inceptive, you will help pioneer the next generation of AI-designed drugs, with the potential to positively impact billions of people, as part of a collaborative, antedisciplinary team.

## What they're looking for

- PhD and 6+ years of post-PhD experience in industrial research applied to drug development
- Experience managing and mentoring a data-driven lab of 10+ scientists
- Experience using high-throughput and/or highly multiplexed assays to generate rich datasets from mammalian cells
- Proven ability to set scientific direction while also executing operationally
- Deep understanding of theory, techniques, and experimental design in molecular and cellular biology
- Visualization, analysis, and statistics applied to complex biological datasets

Tags: Development