# Associate Scientist/Scientist I, Molecular Function at Profluent

- Company: Profluent
- What the company does: The next frontier is authoring new biology, and with AI, we have the power to write the future—creating solutions that transform medicine, agriculture, and beyond. Backed by Insight and Air Street.
- Company website: https://www.profluent.bio/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Associate
- Location: Emeryville, California, United States; On-site
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-02
- Apply by: 2026-11-16
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/profluent/jobs/5436260008?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/profluent-associate-scientist-scientist-i-molecular-function/

## About the role

Profluent is scaling the discovery engines that supply data for AI-driven antibody and protein design. We're hiring an experienced protein engineer to lead display campaigns and build high-throughput platforms for measuring protein-protein interactions (PPI) at scale. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Build the founding high-throughput platforms for identifying and measuring protein-protein interactions
- Lead phage display campaigns end-to-end, from library construction through panning, NGS, and hit validation
- Design and troubleshoot selection strategies, including antigen selection, library QC, and stringency selections
- Plan campaigns with ML and protein design scientists (targets, assays, readouts) and define what makes binding data fit for model training and evaluation
- MS (3 + years industry experience) or PhD in (0- 2 years industry experience), Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Protein Engineering, Biophysics, Immunology, or a related discipline
- Deep hands-on experience with phage display and antibody discovery (required)

Tags: Machine Learning

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