Senior Protein Biochemist – Express, Purify & Screen

Vylor Inc.; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PTO & wellbeing pay

Parental leave

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Vylor Inc. is seeking a Senior Research Associate—Protein Biochemist to develop and scale expression, purification, and characterization workflows for diverse protein candidates.

You will troubleshoot solubility, stability, and quality while enabling high-throughput screening in a collaborative team. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of protein purification experience and hands-on expertise with SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, analytical SEC, and DLS.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in a related field with hands-on lab experience.
• Hands-on recombinant protein expression, purification, and characterization.
• Ability to design experiments, troubleshoot complex problems, and ensure reproducibility.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize protein expression, purification, and screening workflows.
• Perform biochemical and biophysical characterization (SDS-PAGE, Western blot, SEC, DLS).
• Troubleshoot challenging proteins and scale workflows across expression systems.
• Collaborate across protein engineering, screening, and discovery teams; mentor junior scientists.
• Maintain thorough electronic records and present findings clearly.

Skills

Protein expression

Protein purification

Protein characterization

SDS-PAGE

Western blot

Analytical SEC

DLS

Troubleshooting proteins

Experiment design

Data analysis

Independent work

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, or related field

Master's degree in Biochemistry or related field

Tools

FPLC systems

Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN)

Data-management platforms

Microsoft Office

Job description

Vylor Inc. is seeking a Senior Research Associate—Protein Biochemist to develop and scale expression, purification, and characterization workflows for diverse protein candidates.

You will troubleshoot solubility, stability, and quality while enabling high-throughput screening in a collaborative team. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of protein purification experience and hands-on expertise with SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, analytical SEC, and DLS.