AI Biologist, Metagenomics - Remote Data Analysis

LatchBio; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

2x free meals/day

Unlimited snacks

Company outings and team offsites

Waterfront office near Oracle Park

Job summary

LatchBio is seeking an Ai Biologist to join the Metagenomics team in exploring how AI agents analyze microbiome data. You will work with software engineers and computational biologists to create ground-truth benchmark datasets from real published studies, testing analytical and interpretive steps used by experts.

Your expertise in microbiome biology, metagenomics, and ability to identify confounders will define how we measure agent capability in computational microbiology.

Qualifications

• Advanced microbiology/metagenomics background required.
• 3+ years hands-on microbiome/metagenomics experience, with publications or industry work.
• Ability to identify confounders and technical artifacts in datasets.
• Proficiency in Python and/or R for data analysis and visualization.
• Familiarity with 16S and/or shotgun metagenomics analyses.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to evaluating how AI agents reason through microbiome datasets.
• Build ground-truth benchmark datasets drawn from real published microbiome studies.
• Test agent performance on analytical and interpretive steps used by expert microbiome researchers.

Skills

Microbiome biology

Metagenomics analysis

Data interpretation

Python or R

Education

Master's or PhD in microbiology/related field

Job description

LatchBio is seeking an Ai Biologist to join the Metagenomics team in exploring how AI agents analyze microbiome data. You will work with software engineers and computational biologists to create ground-truth benchmark datasets from real published studies, testing analytical and interpretive steps used by experts.

Your expertise in microbiome biology, metagenomics, and ability to identify confounders will define how we measure agent capability in computational microbiology.