Profluent
Associate Scientist/Scientist I, Molecular Function
$132K–$167K
Emeryville, California, United States +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- Emeryville, California, United States
On-site
Emeryville, California, United States - Experience
- MS with 3+ years of industry experience, or PhD with 0–2 years of industry experience.
- Education
- MS or PhD in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Protein Engineering, Biophysics, Immunology, or a related discipline.
About the job
Lead bench-based phage display campaigns and develop high-throughput assays that produce model-ready protein–protein interaction data for AI-driven antibody and protein design.
What you'll do
- Build high-throughput platforms to identify and measure protein–protein interactions.
- Run phage display campaigns from library construction through panning, NGS, and hit validation.
- Plan campaigns with ML and protein design teams, and establish assay controls, QC, and data standards for model training and evaluation.
What they ask for
- Deep hands-on experience with phage display and antibody discovery.
- Strong molecular biology skills for library construction.
- Solid understanding of NGS-based screening and converting sequencing data into quantitative measurements.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, attention to detail, and record-keeping.
Nice to have
- Experience in therapeutic antibody optimization, binding kinetics or affinity measurement by SPR or BLI/Octet, or epitope mapping.
- Familiarity with other display systems, lab automation platforms, or moving assays into routine use; LIMS and data/metadata schemas.
Pay
$132,000 — $167,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
phage display, NGS, SPR, BLI/Octet, yeast, mammalian, ribosome, mRNA
AI focus
Generate and qualify protein–protein interaction data for AI-driven antibody and protein design, including defining data suitable for model training and evaluation.
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