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Member of Technical Staff, Biosecurity
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MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF, BIOSECURITY
As molecular data generation and frontier model intelligence grows, new approaches to data analysis are needed across the biotech industry. Latch is building intelligent, high performance agents for biological data analysis, empowering over 5,000 scientists across 150+ R&D labs to handle data from instrument-to-insights.
We're seeking a Member of Technical Staff for Biosecurity to lead our safety benchmarking efforts, ensuring frontier artificial intelligence is deployed responsibly in biology.
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 lead a team of research engineers and biologists building datasets to understand the capabilities of agents in dual-use areas across:
- Protocol design
- Protocol troubleshooting
- DBTL loops
- Genome/protein design
- Biological design tools
- Understanding and working with viruses, bacteria, or toxins etc
Requirements
- 5+ years hands-on experience with synthetic biology, virology, microbiology, or bioengineering
- Experience in cloning and genome editing with reverse genetics being a plus
- Must be comfortable coding, running bioinformatics analyses in your area of expertise, and using biological design tools
- Proficiency in Python and/or R
Compensation & Logistics
- $180k+ base, increasing with technical depth and experience
- Variable compensation + equity + stock options
- 100% premium covered Blue Shield platinum health plan ($0 deductible / $0 out-of-pocket)
- Free meals (lunch and dinner)
- Waterfront office in China Basin, San Francisco
- Full-time, in-person
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