# Associate Scientist, Protein Sciences

Septerna is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, CA on a mission to develop life-changing medicines for patients with the vision to become the industry-leading G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-focused drug discovery company. The company’s Native Complex Platform™ recapitulates GPCRs with their native structure, function, and dynamics outside of the cellular context. This approach enables novel access to modern structural and screening technologies used in industrial-scale drug discovery for the entire class of GPCRs. Septerna has an emerging pipeline of GPCR-targeted small molecule programs, many in the Endocrinology space, with potential for growth to target many GPCRs that have been undruggable and unexploited to date. We are excited to expand our multidisciplinary team of individuals focused on creating revolutionary medicines to address the unmet needs of patients. At Septerna we strive to embrace diversity of thought, expertise, and background through collaboration. To join our ambitious team, be prepared to bring your real self to work every day; grow and learn from a talented team of drug hunters, scientists, and business professionals; and contribute your

- **Id**: 3911467
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/septerna-associate-scientist-protein-sciences>
- **Role**: Biotech
- **Role family**: Biotech
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: South San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-07T06:38:07Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-07
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T23:40:21Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5374
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Drug Discovery, Oncology Therapeutics

## Company

- **Id**: 688376
- **Name**: Septerna
- **Domain**: septerna.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/septerna>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Salary

- **Min**: 100000
- **Max**: 110000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 110000

## Technologies

- **Cell Culture** — Optional: no
- **ELISA** — Optional: no

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T07:39:42Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 3; Filings 12m: 3

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T01:47:13Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 110000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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