Bioinformatics Jobs in California 2026
The largest biotech market in the US — Bay Area, San Diego, and beyond
California is the largest biotech and bioinformatics market in the United States, anchored by two major hubs: the San Francisco Bay Area (Genentech, 23andMe, 10x Genomics, Insitro, Nimbus, Recursion) and San Diego (Illumina, GRAIL, Tempus, Pacific Biosciences). The state hosts the highest concentration of computational biology PhDs, NIH research dollars, and venture capital in the country. Salaries are typically the highest in the industry to offset the cost of living, with senior bioinformatics roles commonly ranging from $180K to $300K+.
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200+ open positions
Biomedical Data Science
Stanford · Stanford, CA
ML Scientist I/II, Nucleic Acid Design
Lila Sciences · San Francisco, CA USA
· $176K-$304K
Principal Scientist II/Senior Principal Scientist, Modeling & Simulation (Dual Level Posting)
Novartis · Cambridge (USA), Massachusetts
Senior Bioinformatics Engineer II
Moderna · Cambridge, Massachusetts
Associate Computational Biologist, Arthanari Lab
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston Job Posting Location
· $60K-$67K
Principal Scientist, Computational Biology
Bristol Myers Squibb · Cambridge Crossing - MA - US
· $167K-$202K
Manager, IT Data, ML & AI Engineering
Gilead · United States - North Carolina - Raleigh
· $127K-$164K
Sr. Scientist - Translational PBPK Modeling
Genentech · South San Francisco
Software Engineer, X-Scientist
Xaira Therapeutics · South San Francisco, California, United States
· $140K-$215K
Senior Staff Engineer/Scientist, Bioinformatics
San Diego Stealth Startup · San Diego, California
· $202K-$215K
Computational Scientist / Senior Computational Scientist
Switchpoint Bio · Cambridge
· $140K-$200K
Scientist, Translational Research Science, Haem R&D
AstraZeneca · US - Cambridge Kendall SQ - MA
· $92K-$138K
Bioinformatics / Omics Data Expert
Novartis · Cambridge, Massachusetts
· $104K-$192K
Sr. Scientist, Biologics Engineering
Biogen · Cambridge, MA
· $124K-$166K
Associate Director, Data Scientist
Gilead · United States - California - Foster City
· $210K-$272K
AI Biologist - Proteomics
Latch Bio · San Francisco or Remote
· $120K-$180K
Member of Technical Staff - Data Partnerships
Latch Bio · San Francisco
· $250K-$400K
Member of Technical Staff - Proteomics
Latch Bio · San Francisco
Senior Scientist, Protein Engineering
Flagship Pioneering · Cambridge, MA USA
· $126K-$182K
Computational Antibody Engineer
Barrington James · Cambridgeshire, England
Senior Informatics Engineer
Eikon Therapeutics · Millbrae, California
· $134K-$162K
Principal Scientist, Biostatistics
Johnson & Johnson · Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Senior Scientist Omics - IMM
Johnson & Johnson · Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
· $109K-$175K
Associate Director, Data Scientist
Gilead · United States - California - Foster City
· $210K-$272K
Principal Scientist – Inflammation Human Data & Computational Biology
Amgen · US - California - Thousand Oaks
Associate Principal Scientist, 3D Translational Stem Cell Models, Immunology
Merck (MSD) · USA - Massachusetts - Cambridge (320 Bent Street)
· $145K-$228K
Senior Scientist Biomarker Lead
AstraZeneca · UK - Cambridge
Associate Director, Functional Genomics, Data Science
Merck (MSD) · USA - Massachusetts - Cambridge (320 Bent Street)
· $176K-$277K
AI Senior Scientist
Vivodyne · San Francisco (Brisbane), CA
· $220K-$270K
Senior Bioinformatician
Vivodyne · San Francisco (Brisbane), CA
· $214K-$245K
Senior Expert I / Senior Expert II** Data Science
Novartis · Cambridge (USA)
· $126K-$180K
Principal Scientist, Biomarker Bioanalytical Sciences
Biogen · Cambridge, MA
· $141K-$188K
Senior Scientist – Functional Genomics
Amgen · US - California - Thousand Oaks
Senior/Principal Scientist, Computational Neuroscience, Computational Sciences Center of Excellence
Genentech · South San Francisco
· $131K-$243K
Senior Data Scientist
Merck (MSD) · USA - California - South San Francisco (Grand Ave)
· $160K-$251K
Senior Forward Deployment Engineer - Cheminformatics & AI Modelling
AstraZeneca · US - Cambridge Kendall SQ - MA
· $145K-$217K
Senior Computational Geneticist
Pfizer · United States - Massachusetts - Cambridge
· $106K-$177K
Advisor - Agent Research
Eli Lilly · San Francisco, California
· $152K-$222K
Associate Director, Real World Evidence (RWE), EUCAN
Novo Nordisk · Ørestad, Capital Region of Denmark, DK
Sr. Director, Biostatistics
Atavistik Bio · Cambridge, Massachusetts
Associate Computational Biologist (Polizzi Lab)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston Job Posting Location
· $60K-$67K
Associate Scientist Discovery Proteomics
Amgen · US - California - South San Francisco
Senior Scientist, Biomarker Discovery Automation & Engineering, Multiomics
Merck (MSD) · USA - Massachusetts - Cambridge (320 Bent Street)
· $131K-$207K
Data Engineer, PDS&T CMC
AbbVie · North Chicago, IL,
Research Leader / Senior Scientist (Medicinal Drug Design), Cambridge, MA
Isomorphic Labs · Cambridge, MA
Sr. Scientist, Therapeutics & Translational Bioinformatics
Moderna · Cambridge, Massachusetts
Research Data Specialist - Center of Cancer Therapeutic Innovation
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston Job Posting Location
· $51K-$57K
Research Data Specialist - Hematologic Malignancy Data Repository
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston Job Posting Location
· $51K-$57K
Senior Data Scientist
Johnson & Johnson · Santa Clara, California, United States of America
· $125K-$201K
Senior Manager, Machine Learning Platform Engineer
Gilead · United States - California - Foster City
· $158K-$204K
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