# Member of Technical Staff, Virology at Latch Bio

- Company: Latch Bio
- What the company does: Harmonize your Wet and Dry Lab. Backed by Lux.
- Company website: https://latch.bio
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-07-29
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/LatchBio/c7dcb5f9-0c74-4d06-bb49-4f1d41a4cc09
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/latch-bio-member-of-technical-staff-virology/

## About the role

You will design our technical approach to understand how agents could be misused for biological harm, and measure where current safety guardrails fall short. You will work with research engineers and biologists to build benchmarks that measure whether AI systems can meaningfully assist with:

## What they're looking for

- PhD in virology or a closely related field, with doctoral or postdoctoral research centered on viruses
- Substantial hands-on wet-lab virology experience, including experimental design, execution, and troubleshooting
- Experience working in BSL-3 or high-containment BSL-2 laboratories
- Have used used or evaluated Large Language Models, biological foundation models, or AI-enabled biological design tools
- Proficiency in Python and/or R

Tags: Research