# AI Scientist, BioMedical AI at Xaira

- Company: Xaira
- What the company does: We’re pioneering the discovery and development of life-changing medicines through the transformative power of artificial intelligence. Backed by Lightspeed, NEA and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://xaira.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $212K to $265K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-01-26
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xairatherapeutics/jobs/4987432007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/xaira-ai-scientist-biomedical-ai/

## About the role

Build pipelines for preprocessing, normalization, and integration of large-scale single-cell and perturbation data.

## What they're looking for

- PhD or equivalent in Computational Biology, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or related discipline
- Strong expertise in single-cell data analysis, particularly perturb-seq
- Hands-on experience with foundation models or large-scale self-supervised learning (e.g., transformers, variational autoencoders)
- Strong coding skills in Python, ML frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow), and single-cell analysis tools (Scanpy, Seurat)
- Experience in developing scalable ML methods for large biological datasets

Tags: BioMedical AI