Bioinformatics Engineer - Biosurveillance
LatchBio · San Francisco, CA · 2 mo ago
On-siteResearch$120k–$180k/yrFull-time
About the role
You will contribute to our technical approach to teaching agents how to understand and handle complex infectious disease surveillance and molecular epidemiology data, working across end-to-end analysis workflows from sequencing outputs to real scientific decisions. You will work as part of a team of software engineers and biologists building datasets to teach these agents to reason better across:
- Sequencing QC → taxonomic classification
- Metagenomic assembly & analysis
- Variant calling & phylogenetics
- Wastewater & environmental genomics
- Molecular epidemiology & population-level characterization
Requirements
- 5+ years hands-on experience with infectious disease surveillance, metagenomics, or molecular epidemiology data
- Proficiency in Python and/or R
Compensation & Logistics
- Full-time, in-person (can be remote)
- OTE $120k–$180k, performance-based, based on individual's expertise
- Free meals (lunch and dinner)
- Unlimited PTO
- Visa Sponsorship
- Waterfront office in China Basin, San Francisco