At Inceptive, we don't have titles. Instead of topic experts working in silos, we are building an antedisciplinary team where everyone is gaining deep knowledge outside of their traditional area of expertise. For this reason, we call ourselves Beginners.

At Inceptive, you will drive development forward that could help billions of people. To accomplish this, you will be part of a collaborative, antedisciplinary team building our biological software.

You will drive end-to-end design and quantification of biological datasets that enable AI models to design RNA molecules. You will work together with experimentalists to troubleshoot and scale assays. Your code will solve immediate problems, create scalable data pipelines, and form foundational tooling, as the occasion requires.

Your Mission, should you choose to accept it

• Embody our vision of an antedisciplinary environment and embrace learning about areas outside of your traditional area of expertise
• Work closely with experimental scientists to design experiments measuring diverse properties of designed RNAs
• Analyze, visualize, and communicate results, providing rapid feedback to optimize the utility of datasets for training and evaluating ML models
• Create, deploy, and refine tools for efficient, reliable data analysis in collaboration with software engineers
• Collaborate on validation of candidate therapeutic RNA molecules through rapid in vitro and in vivo testing

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience applying computational methods to biological data
• Experience working with experimentalists to deliver quantitative, statistically robust results from biological assays
• Experience with a wide variety of data types encountered in molecular and cellular biology, such as sequencing, microscopy, chromatography, and time-course data
• Highly capable programmer fluent in scientific Python ecosystem
• Availability to work with team members across US and Europe, with meetings starting at 8am PT
• Readiness to travel several times a year for company retreats and business events
• We value the benefits of in-person collaboration and expect candidates to primarily work at our office locations

Preferred technical skills

• PhD in computer science, computational biology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience (e.g., industry experience, research, or advanced technical expertise)
• Experience with professional software engineering, including cloud computing, git workflows, SQL
• Knowledge of biochemistry, molecular/cell biology, and drug development
• Track record of creating analytical methods and/or software tools used by wider community, eg, via open-sourcing
• Proven ability to push the limits of data generation by deconstructing and optimizing instrumentation and assays

Compensation

$135K - $240K + Bonus + Equity

What we offer

• A competitive compensation package
• 30 days paid vacation per year
• Comprehensive health insurance and 401K with company match for US based Beginners, with comparable benefits for those based in other countries
• Quarterly company-wide retreats
• Monthly wellness benefit
• Budget for multiple visits per year to our offices in Berlin, Palo Alto or Switzerland
• Learning & Development budget to attend conferences, take courses, or otherwise invest in your professional growth, as well as access to the Learning & Development platform EdX and Hone
• A buddy to help you get settled

*Varies by country

About Inceptive

At Inceptive, we are creating tools to develop increasingly powerful biological software for the rational design of novel, broadly accessible medicines and biotechnologies previously out of reach. Our team brings together vast expertise in molecular biology, machine learning, and software engineering, and we are all working towards becoming antedisciplinary, meaning we deepen the knowledge we have in our area of expertise while also expanding our knowledge of completely new fields.

We approach our goals with a beginner's mind, humbly and with fresh eyes, and aim to become the pioneers of a new discipline rooted in biology as much as in deep learning, whose impact will be realized together with out-of-the-box thinkers in business and entrepreneurship, defying established categorizations. We are building a company culture centered around growth, learning, and discovery. We believe in humility and open-mindedness in how we approach each other, as well as problems we don't yet have solutions for.

It is the policy of Inceptive to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Inceptive prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.

Inceptive is also committed to welcoming and providing accommodations to people with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need any accommodations throughout your application process.