Research Engineer (Biology)

The role

You will work on scientific benchmarks that measure how well AI agents handle real biology. The work covers post-training, data quality, task and reward design, ML infrastructure, and benchmark delivery.

What you will do

• Work on post-training and data quality for AI agents
• Shape tasks and reward for biology benchmarks
• Build and maintain ML infrastructure
• Design scientific benchmarks
• Deliver benchmarks
• Collaborate directly with scientists
• Maintain quality at a fast cadence
• Take ownership of hard problems and ship solutions

Before you apply

• The hiring process has four rounds: introduction, take-home assessment, technical round, and a final round with a 3-day paid onsite project

About the company

Latch builds scientific benchmarks at benchmarks.bio that measure how well AI agents do real biology. Frontier AI labs and pharma companies use them, and each benchmark is grounded in experimental and clinical work.