Member of Technical Staff at LatchBio (San Francisco, CA)
LatchBio· San Francisco, CA·
Role details
Job description
About LatchBio
Our mission is to advance humanity's ability to engineer biology. We approach this by understanding and improving AI’s application to biology use cases such as therapeutics and biosecurity. We are a group of engineers, scientists, and operations specialists who are driven by improving capabilities and interpretability. Some of our work is showcased on benchmarks.bio benchmarks.bio.
About this role
You will be working on problems including agent infrastructure and orchestration, ML infrastructure, model benchmarking at scale, full stack web development, developer and user experience, and process optimization. Infrastructure challenges span container orchestration, sandboxing, distributed filesystems, cloud architecture, and database systems.
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.
Hiring process
Our process is typically completed within two weeks.
- Round 1: Introduction
- Round 2: Takehome Coding Project
- Round 3: Technical
- Round 4: Final/ 2-Day Paid Onsite Project
- Offer
Compensation & Benefits
- $180k–$250k/yr
- Equity
- Unlimited PTO (truly)
- Office in China Basin, San Francisco
- Office meals
Why work at LatchBio
- Engineering culture: Small, high-autonomy team where engineers own features end-to-end and see their code impact thousands of scientists the same day. Reading groups on category theory, immunology, and more.
- Remote/hybrid policy: Not explicitly stated, but headquarters in San Francisco; office parking subsidized. Likely in-office with flexibility.
- Notable perks: Unlimited PTO, 100%-subsidized platinum health plan (Cigna) + 75% for dependents, dental/vision, 401(k), ambitious equity, 12+ meals weekly, annual tech stipend, signing bonus, O-1 visa sponsorship, professional development.
- Team size: ~26 employees, with 65% in technical roles (engineering, bioinformatics, research). Flat structure with direct access to founders.
- Growth trajectory: Rapid headcount growth and expanding customer base offer career acceleration opportunities.