What's It Like to Work at Tempus AI?

Tempus AI Employee Perspectives

Tempus offers employees the opportunity to tackle meaningful challenges alongside highly talented colleagues in a fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment. Employees describe the experience as both rewarding and energizing, with constant opportunities to learn, grow and contribute to impactful work.

“I've grown a lot at Tempus. I've learned more here in the last two years than I could have imagined. I've never personally worked with so many very bright people. Every day I come to work, I am excited to see what challenges we'll take on as a group and ultimately achieve our goals here.”

Rachel Walsh
Rachel Walsh, Supervisor, Molecular Laboratory Operations

Tempus AI Employee Reviews

I think that Tempus is great because I see a lot of potential for everyone. Because it's a new company, I think that we find new needs to fulfill what people are interested working on, but also fulfill their goals and also help us achieve our goals.

Rachel
Rachel, Molecular Laboratory Operations Supervisor
Rachel, Molecular Laboratory Operations Supervisor

There's really not much more I could ask for in terms of a data science job. We are trying to make sick people better.”

Louis
Louis, Senior Data Scientist
Louis, Senior Data Scientist

My day-to-day interactions with my team and other Tempus teams made me quickly realize I was not just a number but a real asset with the power to really affect change in our patients’ lives.

Alexis
Alexis, Clinical Lab Associate
Alexis, Clinical Lab Associate

We are very fast-paced, we move fast, and we overlap, but we always deliver.

Hala
Hala, Director of Research & Development
Hala, Director of Research & Development

If the stars don't align, the people here at Tempus will make sure that they do. That's how we get things done.

Aaron
Aaron, Senior Operations Manager
Aaron, Senior Operations Manager

The casual setting here in the Chicago office makes everyone less intimidating and more approachable. It's nice to be in an environment where our day-to-day work actually makes a difference, I feel valued. Tempus is also great at welcoming everyone with different backgrounds.

Alexis
Alexis, Clinical Lab Associate
Alexis, Clinical Lab Associate

We value creativity in ideation, autonomy in execution, and a healthy tendency to always question the status quo.

Ash
Ash, Lead Data Scientist
Ash, Lead Data Scientist

What People Are Saying About Tempus AI

  • Mission & Purpose: Work on AI- and data‑driven tools in oncology and other clinical areas is directly tied to patient care and discovery. Feedback suggests this patient‑first focus is a primary motivator.
  • Innovation & Products: AI clinical tools, diagnostics, and platforms now include generative‑AI features and integrated digital pathology datasets. Teams work with large multimodal data and in‑house sequencing across end‑to‑end precision‑medicine workflows.
  • Learning & Development: Cross‑functional collaboration across software, data science, clinical operations, and wet labs provides broad skill growth. Mentorship, training, and conference opportunities are noted alongside modern lab and tech exposure.

Tempus AI's Benefits

Promote from within

Engineering team utilizes pair programming

Implements team-based strategic planning

Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration

Uses an OKR operational model to clearly define goals and priorities

Utilizes an open door policy that encourages accessibility

Offers a remote work program

Utilizes a flexible work schedule

Utilizes a hybrid work model