# Co-op, AI Nucleic Acid Design at Lila Sciences

- Company: Lila Sciences
- What the company does: LILA has created the world's first Operating System for Science powered by Scientific Superintelligence™. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://www.lila.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Internship
- Location: San Francisco, CA USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-27
- Apply by: 2026-12-11
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lilasciences/jobs/4465061009?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lila-sciences-co-op-ai-nucleic-acid-design/

## About the role

Lila Sciences is building scientific superintelligence by pairing large-scale automated experimentation with frontier machine learning. Within Lila, the Life Science AI (LSAI) function researches automated reasoning on biological data, combining state-of-the-art ML with breakthrough biology. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Currently enrolled in an MS or PhD program in machine learning, computational biology, bioengineering, computer science, statistics or a related quantitative field
- Hands-on experience building and training ML models, with strong Python skills and experience with PyTorch, JAX or a similar framework
- Coursework or research experience with biological sequence data (DNA or RNA)
- Curiosity about nucleic acid biology, such as RNA biology, gene regulation or sequence-to-function relationships
- Available for a full-time, 6-month co-op term onsite in San Francisco

Tags: AI

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lila-sciences-co-op-ai-nucleic-acid-design/