Senior Bioimage Scientist

At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment.

This is what we call the Veracyte way – it’s about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.  Our Values: We Seek A Better Way: We innovate boldly, learn from our setbacks, and are resilient in our pursuit to transform cancer care We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, commit to quality, and bring fun to our hard work We Are Stronger Together: We collaborate openly, seek to understand, and celebrate our wins We Care Deeply: We embrace our differences, do the right thing, and encourage each other  The Position: We are seeking a Senior Scientist to join the Discovery Research team as a Bioimage Scientist focused on tissue-based oncology diagnostics.

This role sits at the interface of pathologists, biologists, and AI/ML teams, contributing directly to new assay development, DPAI tool development, biological interpretation, and diagnostic product advancement. This is a wet- and dry-lab role, responsible for developing, optimizing, and validating imaging assays and quantitative image analysis to link biological and clinical questions with interpretable image-derived metrics and features.

Location: San Diego (Hybrid) Responsibilities Lead conception, design, execution and analysis of tissue-based imaging assays (including H&E, IHC, special tissue stains, multiplex stains, spatial biology). Build image analysis workflows to extract interpretable, multi-scale morpho-quantitative biomarkers. Design workflow controls, stress tests, quantification and scoring strategies to establish robust methods that connect biological/clinical hypotheses (e.g., immune contexture, tumor aggressiveness, treatment response) with explainable image-based measurements.

Work closely with pathologists to define annotation schemas, perform and oversee WSI annotation to generate high-quality datasets for DPAI algorithm development, model interpretation, etc. Partner with bioinformatics and AI/ML teams to design, develop, test, and refine quantitative image analysis and DPAI workflows, from image QC and annotation strategies to biomarker quantification and explainability.

Drive image-based tumor phenotyping and quantitative analyses to characterize tumor, stromal, and immune cell populations, interactions and features. Provide cross-functional technical leadership and mentoring in bioimage analysis, slide management and annotation, and TME characterization. Guide operational deployment of workflows and analytical tools, including automation, scaling, SOP and validation design for CLIA/CAP regulated environments.

Evaluate, benchmark, and integrate, as appropriate, commercial and open-source image analysis tools and AI models that enhance diagnostic and research capabilities.

Who You Are

An experienced bioimage scientist with deep hands-on expertise in tissue-based imaging assays, imaging analysis, quantitative histopathology and TME phenotyping. Familiarity with diagnostic product development. Comfortable operating at the interface of pathology, biology and AI/ML, translating complex tissue phenotypes into structured, quantitative data.

Able to work with urgency and ownership in a fast-paced, cross-functional diagnostics environment. A clear communicator who can bridge pathologists, experimental scientists, and computational teams.

Requirements

Ph. D. in biology, biomedical sciences, bioengineering, computational biology, or related field (oncology expertise preferred). ≥6 years postgraduate experience, with ≥3 years in regulated industry preferred. Proven expertise in tissue staining assays, IHC, imaging assay development, quantitative histopathology, bioimage quantification, slide annotation and TME phenotyping.

Hands-on experience with image analysis platforms (ImageJ/FIJI, or similar), advanced quantification methods (Python, R, or similar), digital pathology annotation (QuPath, CaMic, Omero or similar) and analysis platforms (HALO, Visipharm, etc). Prior experience in developing digital pathology AI solutions, in immune-oncology biology, and TME characterization strongly desired.  #LI-Hybrid   The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Pay Range

$142,000—$156,000 USD  What We Can Offer You Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions.

We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work® in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.   About Veracyte Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world.

We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development.

For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter). Veracyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status.

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