TL;DR

2026 Summer Intern - Computational Sciences (AI): Designing, prototyping, and evaluating an AI agent solution to replace traditional user interfaces across therapeutic drug discovery workflows with an accent on improving efficiency and user experience. Focus on leveraging cutting-edge AI, developing API/database connectors, and building robust NLP pipelines to accelerate lead drug candidate discovery.

Location: Onsite in South San Francisco, California, United States of America. Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

Salary: $7,200/month (hourly equivalent $45/hour)

Company

%hirify_global%, a member of the Roche group and founder of the biotechnology industry, is dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases.

What you will do

Design, prototype, and evaluate AI agent solutions to replace traditional user interfaces across therapeutic drug discovery workflows.
Analyze existing request systems, review available AI agents, and synthesize user feedback to identify pain points.
Set up an extensible AI agent framework and develop API/database connectors to link the agent to target applications.
Build a robust natural language processing (NLP) pipeline.
Conduct interviews and guide user testing to enable scientists to complete end-to-end workflows using the agent.

Requirements

Must be pursuing a Bachelor's degree (enrolled student).
Required major: Computer Science, Bioengineering, or a related field.
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python) with significant prior software development experience.
Foundational knowledge and hands-on experience with AI, including agent frameworks, Large Language Models (LLMs), or Natural Language Processing (NLP) toolkits.
Experience retrieving data from informatics platforms and datastores, including using MCP, REST, and querying databases with SQL.
Strong analytical problem-solving skills and a growth mindset.
A keen interest in applying computational methods to drug discovery.

Culture & Benefits

Intensive 12-week, full-time (40 hours per week) paid internship program.
A stipend will be provided to help alleviate costs associated with the internship.
Ownership of challenging and impactful business-critical projects.
Opportunity to work with talented people in the biotechnology industry.
Complements a culture guided by Integrity, Courage, and Passion.
This position qualifies for paid holiday time off benefits.