LatchBio
Member of Technical Staff, Virology
San Francisco · Staff+ · Full-time
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About the role
- Designing and assessing virology experiments
- Troubleshooting protocols and identifying where an AI-generated recommendation would fail in the wet lab
- Interpreting viral genomes, proteins, mutations, and phenotypic data
Responsibilities
- We're seeking a Member of Technical Staff for Virology to lead our safety benchmarking efforts in the Biosecurity group, ensuring frontier artificial intelligence is deployed responsibly in biology.
- 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 work with research engineers and biologists to build evaluations that measure whether AI systems can meaningfully assist with:
Requirements
- Experience working in BSL-3 or high-containment BSL-2 laboratories
- Proficiency in Python and/or R
Nice to have
- Plus a vibrant community: cycling, soccer, figure skating, boxing, run clubs, reading clubs, martial arts, music, game nights.
Compensation
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