Forward-Deployed Scientist

Chai Discovery, Inc

• $120K — $150K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • PhD or equivalent experience in Biological Sciences, Protein Engineering, Biochemistry, or related field.
  • Hands-on expertise in designing and characterizing antibody-based biologics, with experience in advanced modalities preferred.
  • Proficient in molecular biology workflows including cloning and quality control.
  • Familiarity with binding and developability assays, e.g., SPR/BLI, ELISA, flow cytometry.
  • Experience with computational tools and exposure to AI/ML technologies is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with biopharmaceutical partners to ensure successful implementation of AI platform.
  • Educate partners on capabilities and limitations of the AI technology.
  • Monitor drug programs to identify opportunities and troubleshoot issues.
  • Gather feedback on user experience to drive product improvements.
  • Share best practices and tips with internal teams and partners.

Benefits

  • Work with cutting-edge technology that aims to reshape therapeutic development.
  • Collaborate with leading experts in the AI and biology fields.
  • Experience a fast-paced environment that encourages ownership and rapid career advancement.
  • Be part of a mission-driven culture that emphasizes support and high energy.
Full Job Description
About the role

We are building out our science team and looking to make a few key hires to anchor the effort, operating at the frontiers of both drug discovery and AI research.

You will be an advisor to some of the most important drug programs of our time, helping solve disease at scale. You will become an expert in our partners' scientific and therapeutic problems. You will operate as a power user who knows all the ins and outs of our technology, ensuring that our partners deploy our platform to maximum effect.

You will be our eyes & ears on the ground, translating our partner's hardest asks into internal efforts, scoping and driving projects to tackle novel challenges alongside our research and engineering teams. Your findings will guide the future of our product, our models, and our approach.

It will be a lot of fun, a lot of work, and extraordinarily rewarding.
About you

We index on ravenous curiosity, outlier aptitude and collaboration smarts. You operate with urgency, have well-honed communication skills, and probably can't sleep if something isn't right.

We value academic research and drug discovery industry experience in antibody engineering, protein design, and computational methods. We are more than willing to bet on rising stars. Low-ego, high-EQ, and performance under pressure are what we're looking for.
We offer

The opportunity to work at the vanguard of AI research and frontier biology, with world-class people, on a mission that matters. We protect & promote a culture of high velocity and ownership. We compensate our team accordingly.

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