Pioneering Medicines: Analytical Development, Technical Operations Co-Op at Flagship Pioneering in Cambridge, MA USA

Job description

• We're looking for a builder. Someone who sees a messy spreadsheet, a clunky workflow, or tedious manual tasks and thinks: “I could fix that”. You'll join the Technical Operations team at Pioneering Medicines and use the latest tools like Claude Code, Vercel, Zapier, and more to build real applications; dashboards, automation tools, data pipelines, AI-powered workflows, that our team uses every day to develop medicines.
• This isn't a "shadow someone and take notes" co-op. You'll own projects end to end, launchthings people rely on, have the freedom to pick the tools and approaches that make sense, and have access to best-in-class tools & expertise. If you've been building side projects, hacking on AI tools, or just love the feeling of making something that works, this is your chance to do it at a company developing 20+ drug programs across multiple modalities and diseases areas.

Responsibilities

• You'll work across nearly every function in TechOps; process and analytical development,portfolio & program management, finance, contracts, and regulatory building tools that make these teams faster and smarter. Some examples of what's on the table:
• Build and iterate on React-based dashboards and internal web apps that track drug development portfolios, resource forecasting, and program milestones
• Create AI-powered workflows to automate document generation, data extraction, and reporting
• Connect data across systems (Smartsheet, SharePoint, Benchling, and others) into unified, usable tools
• Prototype new approaches, if you find a better way to solve a problem, pitch it and build it
• Work directly with senior leaders across CMC functions to understand their pain points and turn them into working software

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a graduate or undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Hands-on experience building applications - not just coursework, but ideally projects you can show us (GitHub repos, deployed apps, and side projects all count)
• Familiarity with at least some of: React/JavaScript, Python, HTML/CSS, SQL, or similar
• Experience with or strong interest in AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, Vercel, Claude Code, GitHub, Copilot, Replit Agent, etc.)
• Comfort working with ambiguity, you'll often get a problem, not a spec
• Ability to work on-site in Cambridge, MA
• You've built something with an LLM API (Claude, OpenAI, etc.)
• Experience with data visualization libraries (Recharts, D3, Plotly)
• Familiarity with life sciences, pharma, or drug development
• You've contributed to open-source projects or have a portfolio/blog showing your work

Skills

Required

• React/JavaScript
• Python
• HTML/CSS
• SQL

Preferred

• LLM API (Claude, OpenAI, etc.)
• Open-source contributions

Benefits

• Build alongside founders. You’ll work inside the same hypothesis-driven process Flagship uses to conceive and launch first-in-category companies.
• This can be the start of a longer story. Strong co-ops are considered for future opportunities across Flagship and its portfolio companies, not just for this one role.
• Work alongside people who left the safe path. Your colleagues are scientists, engineers, and operators who chose to build something new rather than join something already established.
• Take on real ownership. You're contributing to ventures that are still being defined. Your work can shape real decisions, not just support them.
• Be paid like the contributor you are. Compensation reflects the real work you take on.
• The pay range for this role is $25 - $35 per hour. This role is a short-term engagement that is not eligible for health and welfare benefits. Retirement benefits may be available after completing a set number of hours. Compensation and benefits information is based on Pioneering Medicines’s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
• The pay range for this role is $25 - $35 per hour. This role is a short-term engagement that is not eligible for health and welfare benefits. Retirement benefits may be available after completing a set number of hours. Compensation and benefits information is based on Pioneering Medicines's good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.