Iterative Labs
Domain Scientist
San Francisco, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Education
- PhD or equivalent hands-on experience in a wet-lab discipline.
About the job
Defines scientific tasks and protocols for automated experiments, evaluates model results, and translates scientific judgment into training environments and graders.
What you'll do
- Define measurable scientific tasks, initially in biology, including cell-free protein expression protocols.
- Design and validate protocols for automated execution and determine what counts as a successful run.
- Review model and agent results, diagnose failures, and work with engineers on graders and environment design.
What they ask for
- PhD or equivalent hands-on experience in a wet-lab discipline such as biology, chemistry, or materials.
- Hands-on experience running experiments and understanding how they fail.
- Working experience using language models in research and views on their limitations.
- Clear writing and ability to turn expertise into precise specifications.
Tools
language models
AI focus
Uses language models and agents in scientific research; evaluates their outputs and builds training tasks, graders, and environments.
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