# Scientist II, Molecular Function

Profluent is the frontier AI lab for biology. Profluent builds powerful foundation models for all of life's molecules, unlocking solutions that transform medicine, agriculture, and beyond. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Emeryville, CA, Profluent is backed by leading investors including Altimeter Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Spark Capital, Insight Partners, Air Street Capital, AIX Ventures, and Convergent Ventures and has raised over $150M to date. The Role Profluent is scaling the discovery engines that supply data for AI-driven protein design. We're hiring a Scientist II to build and own our yeast surface display platform for binder generation. The data you produce will train and evaluate our protein design models, and the binders that emerge will open up new directions for the company. This role sits within the Molecular Function (MF) program, our cross-functional effort spanning ML, Biology, and Bioinformatics. You will be the scientific owner of the yeast display platform: building it hands-on, from library construction through FACS and NGS readout, then setting its direction as it scales with Profluent's design ambitions. As the platform matures, this role will grow towar

- **Id**: 3984836
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/profluent-scientist-ii-molecular-function>
- **Role**: Biotech
- **Role family**: Biotech
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Emeryville, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T20:39:25Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T21:12:49Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6534
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Professional development, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Biotechnology, Cell & Gene Therapy

## Company

- **Id**: 48175
- **Name**: Profluent
- **Domain**: profluent.bio
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/profluent>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 91
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.143
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 128
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 155000
- **Max**: 160000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 160000

## Technologies

- **Benchling** — Optional: no
- **Flow Cytometry** — Optional: no
- **LIMS** — Optional: no
- **Next-Generation Sequencing** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T21:12:49Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 128
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T23:39:42Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 160000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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