AI Biologist – Metagenomics

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Contribute to the technical strategy for assessing how AI agents analyze intricate microbiome and metagenomics datasets.

• Collaborate with software engineers and computational biologists.

• Develop ground-truth benchmark datasets sourced from actual published microbiome studies.

• Thoroughly evaluate whether AI agents execute essential analytical and interpretative processes utilized by expert microbiome researchers.

• Recognize confounders, technical artifacts, and limitations inherent in the underlying experiments.

• Assist in defining the metrics for measuring agent capability in computational microbiology.

• Engage in the interview process, which includes a take-home HackerRank project as well as technical and cultural interviews.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master's or PhD in microbiology, microbial ecology, bioinformatics, biology, or a related discipline.

• Over 3 years of practical research experience with microbiome or metagenomics data, evidenced by publications or industry involvement.

• Extensive knowledge in at least one of the following areas: human microbiome and disease; longitudinal microbiome or interventions; microbial function and metabolism; plant, soil, or environmental microbial ecology.

• Experience in interpreting microbiome data within a biological context.

• Capability to identify confounders, technical artifacts, and the limitations of the underlying experiments.

• Proficient in Python and/or R for biological data analysis and visualization.

• Familiar with 16S and/or shotgun metagenomics, encompassing taxonomic, functional, and community-level analysis.

• Practical experience in designing or troubleshooting microbiome experiments, including sampling, extraction, controls, or library preparation.

• Background in integrating metagenomics with metabolomics, metatranscriptomics, host omics, or clinical phenotypes.

• Experience with strain-level analysis, metagenomic assembly, MAGs, or long-read sequencing.

• Work authorization is limited to OPT visa holders; STEM Extension holders are not accepted.

🏝️ Benefits

• 2-4 week paid ramp.

• Full OTE from day one.

• Uncapped earning potential.

• Truly flexible work schedules.

• Two complimentary meals each day.

• Unlimited snacks available.

• Company outings held most months.

• Team offsite events.

• Community activities such as cycling, soccer, figure skating, boxing, running clubs, reading clubs, martial arts, music, and game nights.

• Onsite monthly parking provided based on availability.