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.
About the role
Profluent is seeking a motivated, rigorous, and collaborative scientist to establish and lead a centralized gene editor screening function. High-quality experimental data is a core input to our protein design models, and this role will own the screening operations that produce it. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Build and lead a team of 2–4 Research Associates, including hiring, training, performance management, and career development
- Train and mentor staff on aseptic technique, assay execution, and documentation standards
- Foster a supportive team culture that prioritizes growth, engagement, and well-being
- Prioritize, schedule, and resource cross-functional experiments in coordination with Automation and Bioinformatics
- Design, execute, troubleshoot, and analyze mammalian genome editing assays with NGS readouts in arrayed and pooled formats
- Onboard new assays and extend existing assays to new enzyme classes
More about this role
Profluent is the frontier AI lab for biology. Profluent builds powerful foundation models for all of life's molecules, unlocking solutions that transform medicine, agriculture, and beyond. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Emeryville, CA, Profluent is backed by leading investors including Altimeter Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Spark Capital, Insight Partners, Air Street Capital, AIX Ventures, and Convergent Ventures and has raised over $150M to date.
Profluent is seeking a motivated, rigorous, and collaborative scientist to establish and lead a centralized gene editor screening function. High-quality experimental data is a core input to our protein design models, and this role will own the screening operations that produce it.
This role centers on building and running a screening core responsible for assay standardization, data quality, and team development. At first, you will support campaigns that generate training and evaluation data for our protein design models, and the scope may grow to cover more programs. You will design, run, and troubleshoot mammalian genome editing assays with NGS readouts in arrayed and pooled formats. You will set the technical standards that make...
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