Roche

Imaging AI Scientist

Roche$124K — $231K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in AI/ML technologies applicable to imaging
  • Proven ability to translate analytical methods into reusable tools and workflows
  • Portfolio of models that have performed well in practical applications
  • Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks like PyTorch
  • Strong understanding of data accuracy and reproducibility
  • Ability to operate in high-stakes scientific environments

Responsibilities

  • Build scalable, reusable imaging tools and workflows
  • Develop and implement ML methods for actionable imaging insights
  • Translate complex biological questions into imaging analysis strategies
  • Advance innovative imaging models to enhance scientific understanding
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to apply solutions in therapeutic programs
  • Contribute to strategies that integrate imaging data with clinical evidence

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
  • Flexible work schedule and remote work options
  • Continuous professional development opportunities
  • Personal and professional growth within a collaborative environment
Full Job Description

The Opportunity

We're seeking an Imaging AI Scientist to join Imaging Data Insights, applying machine learning and modern AI to turn imaging data into reusable tools, scalable workflows, and better decisions across drug development.

You'll move imaging analysis beyond individual projects into reusable pipelines that support portfolio decisions, modernizing traditional and ML-based approaches and increasingly exposing them as agent-callable tools on cloud infrastructure that scales across modalities. Some of these methods may be used in clinical trials or advance under GxP regulations.

Working across discovery, preclinical, and clinical teams, you'll help develop imaging solutions from endpoint selection through analysis, and partner with engineering, product, and scientific teams so the methods you build get adopted across programs. As a subject-matter expert, you'll apply ML to high-value problems across disease areas and stages of development, with room to advance new imaging models where it where it matters most.

This role will be open to two levels. We're equally interested in someone ready to operate at the Senior level now and someone earlier in their career with a clear trajectory toward it.

Responsibilities

  • Build reusable tools, pipelines, and agent-callable workflows that scale imaging methods and multiply what partner teams can deliver.
  • Develop, evaluate, and apply ML methods that produce reproducible, interpretable, and/or actionable imaging-derived insights.
  • Translate biological, translational, and clinical questions into fit-for-purpose imaging and analysis strategies.
  • Advance new imaging models and methods where they strengthen the science.
  • Partner across biology, translational, clinical, and computational teams to understand the questions behind therapeutic programs and put solutions into practice.
  • Contribute to multimodal approaches that integrate imaging with biological, clinical, or translational evidence.

Who You Are

Required

  • Demonstrated excellence with current AI/ML technology, turning ambiguous problems into effective, modern solutions that work in practice.
  • Experience translating analytical or ML methods into reusable code, tools, or pipelines adopted by others beyond the original author.
  • Track record delivering models or analyses that perform in real-world settings, with strong intuition for data quality, labeling, evaluation, and reproducibility.
  • Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch), with clean, maintainable, reusable code.
  • Demonstrated ability to ramp into and operate with discipline in a rigorous, high-stakes domain.
  • Ability to work at the interface of imaging science, ML, and engineering, and drive work to real-world impact.

Preferred

  • Hands-on experience with clinical imaging data (e.g., MRI, CT, PET, OCT) or tissue-based imaging (e.g., digital pathology, spatial transcriptomics, spatial proteomics).
  • Experience developing quantitative imaging strategies for clinical studies, such as endpoint selection, analysis plans, and data quality.
  • Experience developing or integrating AI-enabled automation, agentic workflows, or decision-support tools for scientific analysis.
  • Experience building ML or computational workflows, including data pipelines, evaluation frameworks, deployment patterns, monitoring, or MLOps practices.
  • Experience with advanced ML such as multimodal modeling, representation learning, generative modeling, or interpretability, particularly in applied or regulated settings.
  • Familiarity with regulatory or validation considerations for clinical applications, such as biomarker validation, fit-for-purpose evaluation, or GxP practices.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is 124,800.00 - 231,800.00 USD annually. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.  This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

About Roche

Roche Holding AG is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has bearer shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company headquarters are located in Basel. Roche is the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, and the leading provider of cancer treatments globally. The company also produces a range of diagnostic tests for medical professionals and patients. Roche was one of the first companies to bring targeted treatments to patients. In 2019, Roche had over 100,000 employees worldwide, and generated revenue of CHF 61.5 billion.
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