--- title: 'Core Engineer at BIO' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/core-engineer-bio-remote-dfegvbkw6rjs' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Core Engineer at BIO - **Company:** BIO - **Location:** Remote - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-01-22 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/bio/b79d687d-541b-425c-be29-143dc065da9b ## Job description Bio is a decentralized science protocol that helps launch and grow AI-driven biotech research. It enables scientists to raise funds, create value from their work, and distribute that value directly to their communities. Since 2023, Bio has directed over $50m to global researchers, offering an alternative to traditional pharma funding. Backed by investors like Binance Labs, Northpond Ventures, and Animoca Brands, Bio accelerates real-world therapeutics across longevity, brain health, fertility, psychedelic science, and more. ## About the Role We're building next-generation infrastructure for decentralized science and are looking for a Core Engineer who has successfully built AI agent systems or complex research infrastructure from scratch. This is a foundational role where you'll own the design, architecture, and implementation of the core systems that power our AI agents and coordination protocols. You'll work closely with product, research, and science teams to shape the technical direction of Bio and ensure our systems are reliable, performant, and ready to scale globally. ## What You'll Do - Architect and build high-performance AI agent infrastructure from the ground up - Design and implement on-chain coordination systems (funding mechanisms, governance, research incentives, token flows) - Build fault-tolerant backend services for agent orchestration, data pipelines, and integration with external systems (cloud labs, bio-databases, CROs) - Optimise system performance, throughput, and reliability under real-world research workloads - Lead technical decisions around system design, data models, and scaling strategy - Collaborate closely with product and science teams to translate research requirements into production systems - Establish best practices for code quality, testing, observability, and incident response - Mentor other engineers as the team grows ## What We're Looking For - Proven experience building AI agent systems, research platforms, or complex technical infrastructure from scratch - Strong background in distributed systems and high-throughput architectures - Expertise in one or more backend languages (Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript) - Deep understanding of LLM architectures, agent orchestration patterns, and ML systems in production - Experience designing systems that integrate with messy, real-world data sources - Solid grasp of smart contract development and on-chain coordination mechanisms - Comfortable operating in an early-stage, fast-moving environment - Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally ## Nice to Have - Experience scaling AI systems to production with thousands of users - Prior work in biotech, computational biology, or scientific computing - Background in DeSci, crypto protocols, or decentralized coordination - Open-source contributions in AI, research tooling, or infrastructure ## Why Join Us - Foundational role with real technical ownership and impact - Competitive salary + meaningful equity/token component - Remote-first culture with a world-class, mission-driven team - Opportunity to build category-defining infrastructure for open science from day one ## About BIO ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Bio Protocol is building a decentralized financial layer for funding and developing early-stage biotechnology through tokenized research networks. - **Entity Type**: Private (Crypto/Biotech Protocol) - **Headquarters**: Global / Remote-first (core team distributed) - **Founded**: 2021 (Ecosystem roots via Molecule AG and VitaDAO) - **Founders**: Paul Kohlhaas (CEO), Tyler Golato (Research Dealflow), Jose Pinto (Legal Counsel), and other core contributors ## Core Business - Primary industry: Decentralized Science (DeSci), Biotechnology, Web3 - Target customers: Researchers, scientists, biotech startups, crypto users, patients, and patient communities - Mission or purpose: To reshape how biotech breakthroughs are born by enabling global communities to create user-owned research networks that fund and develop new biotechnologies from day one ## Products & Services - **[Bio Protocol (V1)]**: A platform that lets anyone fund, develop, and govern tokenized scientific innovations from universities, companies, and researchers. Includes a Launchpad and Liquidity Engine for new BioDAOs. - **[BioAgents (Bio V2)]**: A platform for launching decentralized scientific AI agents that can interact with and advance blockchain-based biotech research. - **[BioXP Loyalty Points]**: Earned through BIO and ecosystem staking, granting first access to Ignition Sales (new project launches). - **[Ignition Sales]**: Low-cap fundraises for promising early-stage science that grow with community traction and scientific progress. - **[IP-Tokens]**: Tokenized intellectual property assets that represent ownership in specific research projects, allowing for value capture from commercialization. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Aggregate market cap of BioDAO tokens has crossed **$200M** (as of mid-2025); BIO token market cap not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metrics**: - **Total Funding**: BIO Genesis raised **$33M+** (November 2024). Binance Labs invested (its first DeSci investment) in November 2024. Pfizer Ventures previously backed VitaDAO ($4.1M in November 2023). - **Treasuries Raised**: Over **$50M** across the ecosystem. - **Funded Research**: Over **$15M** in research funded. - **Community**: Over **90,000** community members. - **Ecosystem TVL**: Over **$2B** in ecosystem value. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Binance Labs, Pfizer Ventures, VitaDAO, Molecule AG, University of Copenhagen, Newcastle University, Long Covid Labs, Quantum Biology DAO, HairDAO, and others. - **Growth Signals**: First IP-Token launched (June 2023), first DAO to file a scientific patent (HairDAO, December 2023), multiple university partnerships, and rapid ecosystem expansion across longevity, women’s health, neurodegeneration, cryopreservation, and psychedelics. ## Competitive Advantages - **First-mover in DeSci**: Bio Protocol is one of the earliest and most established platforms for decentralized biotech funding, with a proven track record of real-world scientific outcomes. - **University & Institutional Partnerships**: Direct collaborations with Newcastle University, University of Copenhagen, and other major research institutions. - **Comprehensive Stack**: Covers the entire lifecycle from fundraising to IP management to commercialization — a full-stack solution for decentralized biotech. - **Network Effects**: A growing ecosystem of specialized BioDAOs (VitaDAO, HairDAO, Quantum Biology DAO, Long COVID Labs, etc.) that share a common financial and coordination layer. - **Regulatory & Patent Expertise**: Already navigated the complex intersection of crypto, IP, and biotech regulation (e.g., filing a scientific patent via DAO). ## Strategic Focus - **Scale the BioDAO Ecosystem**: Continue launching new BioDAOs in specialized therapeutic areas (longevity, women’s health, neurodegeneration, rare diseases, synthetic biology, cryopreservation, psychedelics). - **BioAgents**: Build and deploy a network of AI-powered scientific agents on the protocol. - **BioXP & Liquidity Engine**: Deepen the tokenomics and loyalty program to attract more capital and projects. - **Compress Drug Development**: Aim to shorten timelines from decades to months through community-driven, transparent funding and data sharing. - **Expand University / Research Partnerships**: Bring more academic labs and early-stage science onchain. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-driven**: Work at the intersection of crypto and biotechnology to accelerate life-saving discoveries. The team describes themselves as “scientists, patients, crypto natives, founders, and engineers dedicated to accelerating science.” - **Remote-first**: The team is globally distributed, with roles open globally. The careers page shows listings for remote positions. - **Culture**: Emphasizes a flat, ownership-driven culture where teams work across research deal flow, product, engineering, AI, marketing, operations, and legal. - **Innovation at Scale**: Be part of building a new category (DeSci) that is attracting major institutional interest from both biotech (Pfizer) and crypto (Binance Labs). - **Growth Opportunity**: Early-stage protocol with significant community traction and clear product roadmap (Bio V1 live, V2 in development). - **Perks**: Not explicitly detailed, but typical for a Web3 protocol includes token options, flexible schedules, and high autonomy. ## Sources 1. [bio.xyz](https://www.bio.xyz/) 2. [docs.bio.xyz](https://docs.bio.xyz/bio) 3. 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