AI Biologist – Drug Development

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $140k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2021

🧬 Biotechnology

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

💰 $28M Series A - LatchBio on 2022-06

Biotechnology • Artificial Intelligence • SaaS

LatchBio is a biotech-focused software and AI company that builds a modular, enterprise-grade platform to analyze and operationalize complex biological data and deploy frontier AI agents into real scientific workflows. It produces reproducible, Nextflow-based workflows, scalable compute “pods,” file and metadata registries, and white‑labeled analysis portals for solution providers and biopharma/R&D labs. In parallel, LatchBio develops and publishes verifiable benchmarks that evaluate how modern AI agents perform on real-world biological tasks (single‑cell, spatial, epigenomics, preclinical pharmacology, and pathogen genomic surveillance), and has expanded into biosecurity work through the acquisition of TwentyTwo and the formation of Latch Biosecurity. The company’s customers include instrument vendors, biopharma, and academic research organizations.

📋 Description

• Contribute to evaluating agent performance across the drug discovery and development pipeline, from target validation through IND-enabling studies • Translate preclinical data into program advancement or termination decisions • Design realistic program case studies across target validation, lead optimization, candidate nomination, and IND-enabling studies • Curate multimodal preclinical data bundles, including SAR/potency panels, ADME/PK profiles, in vivo efficacy, GLP toxicology, safety pharmacology, and biodistribution data • Evaluate PK/PD, GLP toxicology, and safety pharmacology findings across modalities and development stages • Reconstruct program go/no-go decisions from multiple data sources • Review and stress-test AI agent outputs for pharmacological soundness • Calibrate AI agent confidence on incomplete or conflicting preclinical data • Work with software engineers and scientists building datasets and AI agent tasks across the drug development pipeline

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree (MS/PhD/PharmD) in pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutical sciences, medicinal chemistry, or a related biomedical field, or equivalent industry experience • 3+ years of hands-on experience in pharma or biotech drug discovery/development • Direct experience with lead optimization, candidate nomination, or IND-enabling study design in at least one modality • Experience interpreting PK/PD, ADME, and GLP toxicology data to inform dose selection and risk assessment • Familiarity with IND-enabling regulatory requirements and the nonclinical data package expected by FDA/EMA is a plus • Working knowledge of GLP toxicology, safety pharmacology, genotoxicity, biodistribution, and bioanalytical assays • Experience evaluating SAR, potency, selectivity, and developability trade-offs across candidate molecules • Strong scientific writing skills • Proficiency in AI agent use and ability to identify technically correct but pharmacologically or practically unsound reasoning • Comfort operating in uncertainty and proactively flagging gaps in data or instructions • High agency and initiative

🏖️ Benefits

• Performance pay based on weekly quota attainment • Full OTE for the duration of special projects • Full OTE for a day if the platform goes down • Full OTE for the first 4 weeks during onboarding • Health, dental, and vision insurance: 100% covered for you, 50% for dependents • 401(k) with no match • 12 days PTO to start, increasing with promotion • Equity • Promotions based on output, with OTE rising at each level • Remote, hybrid, or onsite work options • Catered lunch and dinner for onsite employees • Unlimited snacks • Company outings most months • Team offsites • H-1B sponsorship, including transfers • O-1 sponsorship • TN sponsorship • STEM OPT support

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