# Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Scientist at Phylo

- Company: Phylo
- What the company does: Phylo is an applied research lab dedicated to studying agentic intelligence to accelerate discoveries for every biomedical scientist. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://phylo.bio
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: South San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $170K to $275K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/phylo/c5319ac4-5f4d-48bd-8b7f-1bb3025b29b9
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/phylo-member-of-technical-staff-forward-deployed-scientist/

## About the role

Our Scientific Solutions team is where our science meets our customers. We're hiring forward deployed scientists with industry experience to partner closely with our enterprise customers, raise the scientific bar of our agents, and make sure outputs hold up under real scientific scrutiny.

## What they're looking for

- PhD training in a relevant field (or MD/PhD or equivalent), with strong command of common biomedical tools, databases, and analytical workflows
- Industry experience in biotech or pharma (computational biology, bioinformatics, or a closely related function)
- Solid engineering skills : writing code, building pipelines, and working with biological data at scale
- Comfort working directly with enterprise customers and translating their scientific needs into technical requirements, including running training sessions
- A strong communicator who can explain complex ideas clearly to both scientists and executives
- Ability to move quickly in a fast-paced research and product environment

Tags: Technical Staff