Bioinformatics Engineer, Therapeutics

LatchBio

LatchBio

San Francisco, CA, USA

USD 120k-180k / year

Posted on Jun 2, 2026

Location

San Francisco

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Department

Bioinformatics

As molecular data generation and frontier model intelligence grows, new approaches to data analysis are needed across the biotech industry. Latch is building intelligent, high performance agents for biological data analysis, empowering over 5,000 scientists across 150+ R&D labs to handle data from instrument-to-insights.

We're seeking a Bioinformatics Engineer for Therapeutics to join our therapeutics bench, working at the frontier of what artificial intelligence can achieve in biology.

About the Role

You will contribute to our technical approach to teaching agents how to understand and handle complex therapeutics datasets, working across end-to-end data analysis workflows from practical therapeutics data to real scientific decisions.

You will work as part of a team of software engineers and biologists building datasets to teach these agents to reason better across:

  • Target identification → functional genomics screens

  • Hit triage & bioactivity

  • SAR & selectivity

  • ADMET/DMPK triage → drug response analysis

Requirements

  • 5+ years hands-on experience with therapeutics data

  • Proficiency in Python and/or R

Compensation & Logistics

  • OTE 120k - 180k - Performance based pay

  • 100% premium covered Blue Shield platinum health plan

  • Free meals (lunch and dinner)

  • Waterfront office in China Basin, San Francisco

  • Full-time, in-person (can be remote)

Location: San Francisco, CA. In-person.