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Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Scientist

Phylo· Technical Staff
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South San Francisco$170k - $275kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Forward Deployed Scientist role embedded with enterprise customers to advance biomedical AI agents. Two main parts: construct bio environments for agents (skills, tools, databases, data integrations) and ensure scientific rigor (evaluation pipelines, benchmarks, review). Requires deep domain expertise in discovery, IND-enabling, or clinical/translational areas with customer-facing responsibilities and product feedback.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with enterprise customers in biotech and pharma to understand their scientific workflows and translate needs into the product.
  • Construct bio environments for our agents: build and curate biomedical skills, tools, databases, and data integrations that expand what agents can do.
  • Evaluate agent performance across biomedical domains through internal benchmarks, structured evals, and direct scientific review.
  • Validate the scientific accuracy and rigor of agent outputs and drive improvements back into the product with the AI team.
  • Deliver in the field: run training sessions, help customers scope and solve real problems, and own delivery from first hypothesis to production.
  • Serve as the scientific voice in customer engagements, deployments, and feedback loops.

Qualifications

  • 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.
  • Deep expertise in at least one of: Discovery; IND-Enabling (preclinical); Clinical & Translational, with comfort across others.

Skills

Required:PhD-level biomedical domain expertiseIndustry experience in biotech/pharmaEngineering and data pipelinesCustomer engagement and trainingCommunicationinterdisciplinary bioscience depth

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity share in building the future of biomedical discovery
  • Full medical, dental, and vision coverage, including free therapy sessions and eyewear stipend
  • 401(k) to help you build long-term financial security (US only)
  • Unlimited PTO to recharge when you need it (US only)
  • Lunch and snacks when you're in the office
  • Regular team offsites and company events
  • A culture of excellence and speed - we move fast, think big, and support each other every step of the way
  • Your work will directly impact our mission to 100X biomedical discoveries through AI
Last updated Aug 20, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Phylo

The New Way Biologists Work.

The New Way Biologists Work. Collaborative agents designed for biologists to make more discoveries, faster, with rigor, and at scale.

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