# Research Engineer (Biology)

Engineer Researcher Latch builds scientific benchmarks at benchmarks.bio that measure how well AI agents do real biology. Frontier AI labs and pharma companies use them to answer one question: can an agent handle the multilayered reasoning that biological work demands? Every benchmark is grounded in experimental and clinical work and built by scientists who have done that work themselves. The Role You will be working on problems in post-training, data quality, task and reward shaping, ML infrastructure, scientific benchmark design, and benchmark delivery. Challenges span understanding the intersection of biology and ML, collaborating directly with scientists, and maintaining quality at a fast cadence. How we work Our engineering team is in-person in San Francisco. We look for driven engineers who are excited to take ownership on hard problems and ship creative, useful solutions Learn More About Us About Us · Website · Twitter · Blog Hiring process Our process is typically completed within two weeks. Round 1: Introduction Round 2: Takehome Assessment Round 3: Technical Round 4: Final/ 3-Day Paid Onsite Project Offer

- **Id**: 4220168
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/latchbio-research-engineer-biology>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T00:13:46Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T04:24:34Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1133
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Bioinformatics, Scientific & Lab Software

## Company

- **Id**: 171847
- **Name**: LatchBio
- **Domain**: latch.bio
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/latchbio>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 175000
- **Max**: 250000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 250000

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Post-training** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T04:24:34Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 6; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 5; Filings 12m: 5

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T07:12:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 250000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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