Member of Technical Staff - Computational Biologist

The role

This person will bridge machine learning and biology by building data and evaluation frameworks for biological security and precision biologics. They will design wet-lab experiments and collaborate with AI and software engineers to train models and deploy analysis tools.

What you will do

• Contribute to shaping and executing the Valthos-wide research and development roadmap
• Identify large-scale biological datasets and build workflows and infrastructure for processing them
• Design, build, and apply evaluation frameworks for assessing model performance
• Design wet-lab experiments to evaluate the efficacy and real-world utility of designed biologics
• Collaborate closely with AI engineers to design and train models
• Collaborate closely with software engineers to build and deploy tools for data analysis
• Visualize and communicate results clearly within Valthos and externally
• Work with customers and external collaborators to understand their needs
• Embrace continuous learning in both technical and non-technical areas
• Stay up-to-date on state-of-the-art methods at the intersection of AI and biology

Required qualifications

• Experience analyzing biological datasets, ideally sequence-based modalities (e.g., genomic, protein, metagenomic)
• Experience planning and running in silico computational biology experiments
• High proficiency in Python and its scientific package ecosystem
• Experience with bioinformatics sequence analysis tools (e.g., aligners)
• Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS)

Nice to have

• Proven ability to design, implement, and evaluate novel methods in computational biology
• Experience working with experimental biologists to plan and interpret the results of wet-lab experiments
• Experience with ML-centric bioinformatics and structure-based tools (e.g., AlphaFold)
• Knowledge of biological databases (e.g., NCBI)
• Experience with machine learning model training and evaluation
• Contributions to open-source projects

Before you apply

• Two technical interviews will be scheduled if there is a fit
• Final step is an onsite in our office to work on a small project, discuss ideas, and work with the wider team

About the company

Valthos is an applied biological intelligence company. They build and deploy software and biological AI systems to safeguard humanity.