Research Engineer (Biology)
LatchBio
Summary
Latch builds scientific benchmarks at benchmarks.bio that measure how well AI agents do real biology. Frontier AI labs and pharma companies use them to answer one question: can an agent handle the multilayered reasoning that biological work demands? Every benchmark is grounded in experimental and clinical work and built by scientists who have done that work themselves.
Job description
Engineer Researcher
Latch builds scientific benchmarks at benchmarks.bio that measure how well AI agents do real biology. Frontier AI labs and pharma companies use them to answer one question: can an agent handle the multilayered reasoning that biological work demands? Every benchmark is grounded in experimental and clinical work and built by scientists who have done that work themselves.
The Role
You will be working on problems in post-training, data quality, task and reward shaping, ML infrastructure, scientific benchmark design, and benchmark delivery. Challenges span understanding the intersection of biology and ML, collaborating directly with scientists, and maintaining quality at a fast cadence.
How we work
Our engineering team is in-person in San Francisco. We look for driven engineers who are excited to take ownership on hard problems and ship creative, useful solutions.
Requirements
- Ability to work in-person in San Francisco
- Capable of taking ownership of complex problems at the intersection of biology and machine learning
- Maintain high quality at a fast cadence
- Driven engineer
Benefits
- Equity
Company overview
LatchBio is a San Francisco-based cloud platform that provides comprehensive data infrastructure and analysis tools for biotechnology research. Founded in 2021, the company offers a unified data platform designed to connect bench scientists, computational scientists, IT teams, and R&D leadership into a cohesive framework. Their platform enables scientists to store, transform, and visualize bioinformatics data, making data analysis faster, more accessible, and cost-effective. LatchBio's solution includes workflow orchestration, scalable cloud computing resources, data storage, and interactive visualization tools specifically tailored for biological data analysis. The company serves hundreds of biotech companies and research organizations, helping them accelerate R&D milestones by eliminating infrastructure complexities. With backing from prominent investors including Lux Capital and Coatue, LatchBio has raised significant funding to develop its platform that supports various omics technologies including NGS, spatial transcriptomics, and single-cell analysis.