Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Latent Labs · San Francisco
CHECKED 20H AGO
Bio & Science AIremote
At a glance
Highlights
- Deploy frontier generative biology models into pharma R&D workflows.
- Own end-to-end customer deployments from scoping to production delivery.
- Embed on-site with biotech partners to optimize drug discovery pipelines.
What they offer
- Private health insurance
- Pension contributions
- Generous leave policies including gender-neutral parental leave
- Hybrid working
- Travel opportunities
Ideal candidate
Customer-obsessed engineer with strong CS/ML grounding who thrives bridging frontier research and real-world impact. Mission-driven, adaptable collaborator passionate about applying generative AI to drug discovery and protein engineering.
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or closely related quantitative field
- Solid grounding in software engineering principles and modern ML frameworks
- Experience building systems that access large models via APIs
- Significant experience designing, deploying and maintaining large-scale model serving infrastructure
- Hands-on experience building robust API layers around ML models
- Direct experience deploying AI systems for external customers
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
- Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native architectures
- Strong communicator able to collaborate across research and business stakeholders
Lab profile
About Latent Labs
Generative AI lab designing novel functional proteins to program biology and cure disease.
What they build
- Frontier generative models for de novo protein design
- AI platform for pharma and biotech R&D workflows
Known for
- Generative modeling for proteins
- Interdisciplinary ML, protein engineering and biology team
- Wet-lab validated design loop
- Deployment support for biopharma customers
Key facts
- Founded in 2023
- Headquartered in London with San Francisco presence
- Raised $50M backed by Radical Ventures and Sofinnova Partners