✦ Luna Orbit — Science & Research

Scientific Lead - Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Applied Intelligence for Discovery

at Eli Lilly

📍 US, San Francisco CA Unknown 💰 $166K – $266K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $166K – $266K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience mid
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Science & Research

This role involves building AI systems to support drug discovery research by translating complex biological data into actionable insights using advanced NLP and AI techniques.

  • Embed with research teams to understand workflows
  • Translate use-cases into prototypes
  • Design and deploy production AI systems
  • Apply emerging AI approaches to biomedical data
  • Run evaluation loops for system quality

The position requires expertise in natural language processing, large language models, multi-omics data analysis, and deploying AI solutions in scientific environments.

The ideal candidate is a scientific AI engineer with experience in natural language processing, large language models, and multi-omics data analysis. They should have a strong background in deploying AI systems within scientific research environments and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

AI deploymentNatural Language ProcessingLarge Language ModelsData analysisScientific research experience
BioinformaticsGenomicsMulti-omics dataTranslational scienceAI frameworks
Petabyte-scale data systemsNatural language interfacesAutomated analysis workflows
Natural Language ProcessingNLPLarge Language ModelsLLMRetrieval-Augmented GenerationRAGText-to-SQLAI frameworksMulti-omics dataData integrationPetabyte-scale dataScientific data analysisAI deploymentModel evaluationProduction systems
Natural Language ProcessingNLPLarge Language ModelsLLMRetrieval-Augmented GenerationRAGText-to-SQLAI frameworksMulti-omics dataData integrationPetabyte-scale dataScientific data analysisAI deploymentModel evaluationProduction systems
CollaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingScientific understandingCross-disciplinary teamwork
Industry Healthcare & Medical
Job Function Developing AI-driven solutions for biomedical research and drug discovery
AI FoundationNatural Language ProcessingNLPLarge Language ModelsLLMRetrieval-Augmented GenerationRAGText-to-SQLMulti-omics dataData integrationPetabyte-scale dataScientific data analysisAI deploymentModel evaluationProduction systemsData analysisScientific researchAI frameworksData provenance

Lack of experience with AI deployment in scientific research, No background in multi-omics data, Absence of collaboration with biological or medical teams

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