Genomics AI Benchmark Engineer

LatchBio; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

Waterfront office

Team outings

Snacks

Job summary

LatchBio is seeking a Bioinformatics Engineer to design, build, and evaluate LLM benchmarks for genomic analysis, including read alignment, assembly, variant calling, GWAS, causal inference, and multiomics integration.

You will own the full evaluation pipeline, choose datasets, define failure modes, write grading scripts, and ship evaluations that measure real capability. Remote, hybrid, or onsite in SF are supported.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in bioinformatics, genetics, biology, statistics, or related field.
• 3-5 years of hands-on research experience analyzing genomics datasets (especially human data).
• Deep expertise in population genetics, statistical genetics, clinical genomics.
• Fluency with genotyping workflows: variant calling, fine-mapping, Mendelian randomization.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evaluate LLM benchmarks for genomic analysis.
• Own the full evaluation pipeline: datasets, failure modes, grading scripts, and shipping evaluations.
• Your work directly impacts how LLMs reason through genomic problems.

Skills

Genomics data analysis

Population genetics

Statistical genetics

Clinical genomics

Variant calling

Fine-mapping

Mendelian randomization

Education

Master's or PhD in bioinformatics, genetics, biology, statistics, or related field

Job description

LatchBio is seeking a Bioinformatics Engineer to design, build, and evaluate LLM benchmarks for genomic analysis, including read alignment, assembly, variant calling, GWAS, causal inference, and multiomics integration.

You will own the full evaluation pipeline, choose datasets, define failure modes, write grading scripts, and ship evaluations that measure real capability. Remote, hybrid, or onsite in SF are supported.