Summer 2026 - AI Application for Cancer Bioinformatics Internship

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Position Summary

We are currently undergoing a transformative revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) and its application is expanding to all areas of work. In drug discovery and development, AI impacts many processes including early target discovery and validation, molecule design and optimization, preclinical and clinical studies, market assessment and commercialization.

At BMS, our oncology strategies are driven by real-world data evidence. To facilitate novel target discovery and support drug development programs in oncology, we have deeply characterized a large compendium of multi modal bulk and single cell/spatial data from public and internal real-world patient cohorts across cancers. These data are housed under structured and unstructured databases and have been routinely used to mine evidence to inform novel target nomination and support oncology portfolio programs, via a wide range of bioinformatics and analytical approaches. While these analyses are critical, they are time-consuming and often require deep bioinformatics and computational biology background making them less accessible to broader scientists.

To improve the speed and democratize analyses and data, we are looking for a highly motivated graduate or undergraduate student to join us on a 10-week summer internship program to build an AI agent and/or workflow to automate routine and/or novel bioinformatics analyses to support oncology drug discovery and development (herein called RWD AI Agent). The RWD AI Agent will be able to interact with human scientists via natural language, make decision on what tools/analyses and datasets to use, execute these analyses and return results in natural language together with appropriate data/visualization. Additional features such as revision of analyses upon human feedback and intervention, ability to learn new analyses, and interaction with other AI agents and LLM models can be explored and implemented but not required.

This full-time internship will take place June- August 2026.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement an API interface for searching and querying RWD data
• Design and implement the RWD AI agent/workflow for RWD analyses
• Benchmark performance of RWD AI agent
• Write reports, present results to cross-functional R&D groups

Qualifications & Experience

• Currently enrolling in a graduate/undergraduate program in an accredited US university
• Your program supports industry internship (check with your program before applying)
• Knowledgeable in AI software design/development, databases and web-based applications
• Familiar with NLP, LLM models, prompt engineering, text extraction/summarization and code automation
• Proficient in Python/R and related AI/ML libraries
• Experienced with agentic AI platforms/workflows
• Familiar with bioinformatics, cancer omics data, and data visualization
• Familiar with GPU and high-performance computing is a plus
• All candidates must be authorized to work in the US both at the time of hire and for the duration of their employment. Please note that immigration or visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

This is a temporary, time-bound position intended for the duration of the internship or co-op program. Employment in this role does not imply or guarantee ongoing or permanent employment with BMS.

The starting hourly compensation for this assignment is within the range of $27.00 to $35.00/hr. Please note that the final individual compensation and any applicable benefits will be determined by your employer of record (and not BMS). Factors influencing this decision may include the characteristics of the assignment, such as demonstrated experience, required skill, and the geographic location of the job. Compensation details are subject to change.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. 

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Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

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