Remote AI Biologist: Genetic Medicines Innovator

Metric Bio; California; Remote; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus $10,000

Fully remote option

Job summary

Metric Bio is seeking an AI Biologist – Genetic Medicines to join an innovative R&D team in evaluating AI applications in gene therapy, gene editing, and RNA therapeutics. The role focuses on developing datasets, case studies, and AI agent tasks spanning drug development from target validation to IND-enabling studies.

You will work with engineers and scientists to assess AI outputs, ensure scientific accuracy, and highlight risks or gaps in reasoning, while contributing to benchmarks for genetic

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MS, PhD or PharmD) in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Gene Therapy or related biomedical discipline.
• At least three years' hands-on experience in gene therapy, gene editing or RNA therapeutics discovery or development.
• Direct experience in drug design, screening, or IND-enabling study design within a genetic medicine modality.
• Experience interpreting on-target and off-target editing data, biodistribution, immunogenicity and GLP toxicology.
• Familiarity with IND-enabling regulatory requirements and FDA/EMA nonclinical data packages.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic scientific case studies across target validation, drug design, screening and IND-enabling studies.
• Evaluate PK/PD data, immunogenicity findings and GLP toxicology across genetic medicine modalities.
• Reconstruct drug development decisions from multiple sources.
• Review and challenge AI-generated outputs for scientific accuracy.
• Identify weaknesses in AI reasoning where conclusions may be pharmacologically unsound.
• Assess AI confidence when interpreting incomplete or conflicting preclinical data.
• Support development of robust scientific benchmarks for genetic medicine research.

Skills

Scientific writing

AI tool assessment

Independent work

Problem solving

Initiative

Education

MS/PhD/PharmD in Molecular Biology or related

Job description

Metric Bio is seeking an AI Biologist – Genetic Medicines to join an innovative R&D team in evaluating AI applications in gene therapy, gene editing, and RNA therapeutics. The role focuses on developing datasets, case studies, and AI agent tasks spanning drug development from target validation to IND-enabling studies.

You will work with engineers and scientists to assess AI outputs, ensure scientific accuracy, and highlight risks or gaps in reasoning, while contributing to benchmarks for genetic