2025 Summer Intern - Computational Catalysts

2025 Summer Intern - Computational Catalysts

Department Summary

At Genentech Research & Early Development Computational Sciences (gCS), our mission is to collaborate across the organization to harness the power of data, technology, clinical sciences, and computational approaches to revolutionize target and therapeutic discovery and development, ultimately enabling novel treatments for patients worldwide.

The Computational Catalysts group within gCS is a diverse, curious, and action-driven team at the intersection of computation, engineering, and science. We are dedicated to advancing our technical excellence by partnering with informatics and scientific communities to create a computational and data ecosystem that powers scientific discovery and accelerates decision-making. Our goal is to modernize our ability to acquire, store, link, share, find, and analyze data across the organization through scalable and integrated solutions that make every data point count.

This internship position is located in South San Francisco, on-site

The Opportunity

We are seeking a motivated AI Engineering Intern who has a fundamental understanding of JavaScript frameworks and a keen interest in exploring and working in the areas of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Knowledge Graphs. You'll have the opportunity to contribute to data discovery and clinical data search initiatives.

Program Highlights:

• Intensive 12-week, full-time (40 hours per week) paid internship.

• Program start dates in May/June, 2025.

• A stipend, based on location, will be provided to help alleviate costs associated with the internship. 

• Ownership of challenging and impactful business-critical projects.

• Work with some of the most talented people in the biotechnology industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the AI Engineering team to integrate LLMs into systems in a scalable and efficient manner.

• Develop knowledge graph representations of healthcare data.

• Work with frameworks like Next.js to build and maintain user interfaces.

• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to build and maintain data pipelines.

Who You Are:

Required Education:

• Must be pursuing a Bachelor's Degree.

• Must have attained a Bachelor's Degree (not currently enrolled in a graduate program).

• Must be pursuing a Master's Degree (enrolled student).

• Must have attained a Master's Degree.

Required Majors: Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, BioInformatics, Machine Learning & AI, Computational Biology

Required Skills:

• Proficiency with frontend development, particularly using React, Next.js, or similar frameworks.

• Understanding of Large Language Models, Knowledge Graphs, and Vector Databases.

• Experience using Autogen, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks.

Preferred Skills:

• Intermediate proficiency in Python and familiarity with Python-based data processing tools.

• Experience with cloud technologies, particularly in relation to hosting scalable AI models and vector databases.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

• Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion.

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting. 

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of  STATE is $45-$50 hour.  Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. This position also qualifies for paid holiday time off benefits.

Genentech is an equal opportunity employer, and we embrace the increasingly diverse world around us. Genentech prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status and veteran status.