Staff Data Scientist, Imaging at Biohub
Redwood City, CA
$214,000–$294,800from the description
Aug 5, 2026
Redwood City, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A data scientist role on the AI research team at a biological research institute, focused on designing data representations and tokenization strategies for multi-modal biological data — including imaging, sequences, and time series — to train frontier biological AI models. The position requires deep expertise in biological measurement and machine learning, and involves coordinating across experimental, data science, data engineering, and AI research teams to define how models ingest and learn from biological data.
Senior level · San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA · Doctorate required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,150 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 240–1,750
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $173,851 (middle half $133,298–$217,653). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 7, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role title is simply 'Data Scientist' with no seniority modifier, but the posting describes broad scope, high autonomy, mentoring of senior individual contributors, and roadmap influence across teams — consistent with a Staff-level scope. However, the posting does not use 'Staff' or 'Principal' language explicitly, so Senior is the appropriate band per the tiebreaker rule.
Redwood City, CA is within the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward CBSA (41860); the posting names Redwood City specifically.
A PhD in computational biology, bioinformatics, or a quantitative biological field is listed as a hard requirement under 'What You'll Bring' with no 'or equivalent experience' escape clause.
ESM and scGPT are listed as examples of biological foundation models ('ESM, scGPT, or similar'); they are captured as preferred with each as an alternative of the other, since the requirement is familiarity with the category rather than a specific tool.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) is noted because the role involves designing novel training architectures and production systems, but the primary day-to-day work is data representation research and scientific analysis, making 15-2051 the better fit.
The hybrid schedule (≥60% onsite, ~3 days/week) means the role is not fully remote.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): tokenization strategies for non-text data.
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