AI Biologist: Medical Countermeasures (Remote)

latch.bio; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

H-1B sponsorship

Fully remote optional

Job summary

Latch.bio is hiring an AI Biologist for the Medical Countermeasures team to define ground-truth tasks and evaluate AI reasoning on vaccine, antibody, and antiviral data. You will curate datasets and set high standards for agent outputs, working with scientists and engineers to build graded tasks and gold-standard answers.

You’ll be the scientific authority on interpreting neutralization, epitopes, and resistance, ensuring calls reflect real biology rather than artefacts.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on experience in vaccine/antibody or antiviral development
• Experience evaluating real countermeasure data and dataset curation
• Strong ability to overrule AI outputs when scientifically warranted
• Experience analyzing neutralization, epitopes, and resistance markers
• Ability to work with scientists and engineers across teams
• AI-ready: daily use of Claude, ChatGPT, or similar tools
• Willingness to relocate or work in SF if needed

Responsibilities

• Turn real countermeasure workflows into tasks with clear, gradable answers
• Write gold-standard answers from raw data with appropriate tolerances
• Curate neutralization titers, binding/epitope maps, serology time courses, and viral sequences
• Test whether agents distinguish real escape from assay noise and lab artifacts
• Judge agent outputs and articulate evidence that would change the call
• Contribute to growth tracks and mentoring within the team

Skills

AI readiness

Scientific judgment

Education

PhD in immunology, virology or related field

Job description

Latch.bio is hiring an AI Biologist for the Medical Countermeasures team to define ground-truth tasks and evaluate AI reasoning on vaccine, antibody, and antiviral data. You will curate datasets and set high standards for agent outputs, working with scientists and engineers to build graded tasks and gold-standard answers.

You’ll be the scientific authority on interpreting neutralization, epitopes, and resistance, ensuring calls reflect real biology rather than artefacts.