Founding Scientist / Co-Founder

ABOUT THE ROLE This is a rare opportunity to join as a Founding Scientist / Co-Founder at an early-stage AI-for-biology startup based in Germany. This role sits at the intersection of wet-lab science and computational AI — you will help shape the company's scientific strategy, build core technology, and bridge hands-on experimental work with AI-driven workflows to accelerate biological discovery. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Define and lead the scientific vision and research roadmap for early-stage AI + wet-lab products. - Design and execute key molecular biology, biochemistry, or genomics experiments to validate models and assays. - Collaborate closely with engineers and ML researchers to translate experimental needs into computational requirements. - Implement and oversee lab automation and data pipelines to scale experiments and improve reproducibility. - Prototype computational tools and analyses; contribute code or notebooks integrating wet-lab data with predictive models. - Mentor and recruit early scientific hires; establish laboratory best practices and safety standards. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR Required: - Hands-on experience designing, e... Click Apply to read the full job description.