Senior AI‑Driven Protein Engineer, Data & Design

Illumina; United States; On-site; USD 133,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumina in Singapore seeks a Senior Staff Scientist to lead data and computational efforts across enzyme engineering programs. You will shape data structures, connect sequence and assay data to AI/ML models, and drive design-build-test-learn workflows with global teams.

Lead cross-functional scientists, automate pipelines, and establish reusable data assets to accelerate enzyme design and project outcomes in a cutting-edge genomics platform.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in computational chemistry, computational biology, bioinformatics, CS, or related fields.
• Significant experience leading computational biology, protein engineering, AI/ML or data infrastructure efforts.
• Experience applying computational methods to protein design and enzyme engineering.
• Ability to design data structures and reproducible analysis workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build reusable data foundations for protein engineering and assay contexts.
• Develop AI/ML workflows linking sequence, structure, and screening data.
• Benchmark pipelines and new design platforms for enzyme engineering.
• Create scripts, dashboards, and lightweight tools for teams.

Skills

Programming languages

AI/ML knowledge

Data engineering

Education

PhD in computational chemistry/biology/CS

Tools

Rosetta

PyTorch/TensorFlow

Job description

Illumina in Singapore seeks a Senior Staff Scientist to lead data and computational efforts across enzyme engineering programs. You will shape data structures, connect sequence and assay data to AI/ML models, and drive design-build-test-learn workflows with global teams.

Lead cross-functional scientists, automate pipelines, and establish reusable data assets to accelerate enzyme design and project outcomes in a cutting-edge genomics platform.