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Member of Technical Staff, Science

LatchBio

San Francisco, CAFull-time$350–500K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed 1w ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$350–500K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Visa required • Visa sponsorship

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Job overview

LatchBio advances the application of AI to biology across basic research, drug discovery, and biosecurity. The Member of Technical Staff, Science role turns biological-domain understanding into a roadmap of benchmarks, designs them with engineers, and builds and manages a scientific team. The posting describes the role as high-intensity and founder-type, with in-person work five days a week in Mission Bay, San Francisco.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Artificial IntelligenceBiologySoftware Project ManagementTeam LeadershipGeneral MathematicsComputer ScienceScientific ExpertiseAI ToolsMathematicsWorking With Scientists

Qualifications

Deep Scientific ExpertiseAI Tool ExperienceRigorous Math/CS CourseworkExperience Working With Scientists

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Relocation Assistance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Our mission is to advance humanity's ability to engineer biology. We approach this by understanding and improving AI’s application to biology across basic research, drug discovery, and biosecurity. We are a team of engineers, scientists, and operations specialists who are driven by improving capabilities and interpretability. Some of our work is showcased on benchmarks.bio. About this role. You’ll turn your understanding of a biological domain into a roadmap of benchmarks and design them with engineers. You’ll then build and manage your own scientific team through your network and internal talent infrastructure. You have (1) deep scientific expertise and experience using AI tools or (2) rigorous coursework in math/CS with experience working with scientists. This is a high-intensity, founder-type role. Our Members of Technical Staff have built companies, run drug programs and scaled complex technical projects. How we work. Our MTS team works in person five days a week in Mission Bay, San Francisco. We keep meetings to a minimum and are flexible about when you arrive or leave. Tight deadlines and customer commitments sometimes require late hours. Our work in use. Frontier AI labs use our benchmarks to assess biological capabilities and safeguards. Our work appears in research announcements and model cards, including:

  • Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 system card

  • Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 system card

  • Anthropic: Advancing Claude in healthcare and life sciences

  • xAI: Grok 4.7 model card

  • xAI: Biosecurity at the frontier

Hiring Process. Our process is typically completed within two weeks.

  • Round 1: Introduction

  • Round 2: Technical project matching

  • Round 3: Take-home evaluation project (~2 hours)

  • Round 4: Technical interview / live engineering session (1 hour)

  • Round 5: Paid onsite project and presentation (2–3 days)

  • Offer

Compensation & Benefits

  • 350K-500K+ OTE

  • Equity

  • Unlimited PTO

  • Health, dental and vision insurance fully covered

  • Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance

  • 401(k)

  • Office in Mission Bay, San Francisco

  • Lunch and dinner provided

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