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Computational Biology Intern - Summer 2026

Novaflow · San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (US) · Remote

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About Novaflow

The AI data analyst for biology labs. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

We're hiring a Computational Biology Intern to help build and improve the bioinformatics pipelines behind our platform. You'll work on real analysis workflows that process raw sequencing data for actual research labs, not toy projects. If the science is wrong, scientists notice. You'll care about getting it right.

What they're looking for

  • Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or a related field
  • Proficient in Python and/or R
  • Familiarity with common bioinformatics file formats (FASTQ, BAM, VCF, etc.)
  • Comfortable in Linux/Unix command-line environments
  • Understanding of molecular biology fundamentals (genomics, gene expression, variant calling)
  • Good communicator who can work across biology and engineering
More about this role

Novaflow is the AI data analyst for biology labs. Analytics is the bottleneck for scientific discovery. Biologists have to outsource analysis to expensive bioinformaticians or core services and wait weeks or months for results. We're solving this by putting analysis directly back into the hands of researchers, allowing them to go from raw data to publication-ready insights and visualizations in days instead of months. We're well-funded, growing extremely fast, and backed by leading investors including Y Combinator and BioRender.

We're hiring a Computational Biology Intern to help build and improve the bioinformatics pipelines behind our platform. You'll work on real analysis workflows that process raw sequencing data for actual research labs, not toy projects. If the science is wrong, scientists notice. You'll care about getting it right.

This is not a sit-in-the-corner internship. We're a small team and you'll work directly with the founders on real problems from day one. We're looking for someone with high agency who takes initiative and doesn't wait to be told what to do.

This role can be remote or in-person at our San Francisco office. There is potential to convert to a...

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