insitro

Biotech

ScientistII,ArrayedScreening

$145–205k ~AI est. South San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Scientist II, Arrayed Screening at insitro. Skills: Arrayed screening, Assay development, High-throughput screening, Cell-based assays. Develop arrayed screening assays. Optimize arrayed screening assays”

Industry & Context.

Biotech
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshoot assay performance

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

PhD in cell biology, 2–5 years post-PhD experience, Hands-on cell-based assays, Mammalian cell culture skills, Aseptic technique

Nice to Have

Screening automation experience, Liquid handling platforms experience, Familiarity with agents, Familiarity with LLMs, Prior biotech/pharma HTS experience, Phenotypic assay experience, Experience generating ML datasets

What You'll Do.

Develop arrayed screening assays

Optimize arrayed screening assays

Execute arrayed screening assays

Design cell-based screening workflows

Implement cell-based screening workflows

Support small-molecule screening

Support genetic screening

Support perturbational screening

Scale assays using liquid handlers

Analyze screening data

Troubleshoot assay performance

Ensure reproducible datasets

Ensure model-ready datasets

Translate biological questions

Design scalable experiments

Maintain documentation

Contribute to best practices

Present experimental plans

Present experimental results

Present recommendations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Interface of biology/screening; Work with biologists; Work with bioengineers; Work with automation scientists; Work with data scientists; Work with ML scientists; Work with drug discovery teams; Work cross-functionally; Multidisciplinary project teams

Communication Scope

Communicate results clearly; Present experimental plans; Present experimental results; Present recommendations

Full Job Description

THE OPPORTUNITY The unprecedented convergence of multi-modal data and AI has the potential to revolutionize drug discovery. insitro is harnessing this moment to redefine how medicines are developed for complex diseases. Our success depends on our ability to attract, develop, inspire, and retain amazing, diverse talent and build a collaborative, high-performing, inclusive, and equitable culture. insitro is seeking a highly motivated Scientist II, Arrayed Screening to join our experimental biology and screening organization. In this role, you will help build, optimize, and execute high-throughput arrayed screening workflows that generate high-quality, decision-grade biological datasets for drug discovery. This is a highly collaborative role at the interface of cell biology, assay development, automated screening, disease modeling, and machine learning. You will work closely with biologists, bioengineers, automation scientists, data scientists, machine learning scientists, and drug discovery teams to design and run scalable cell-based and biochemical assays across therapeutic programs. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on experience in cell-based assay development, high-throughput screening, mammalian cell culture, and quantitative data analysis, and is excited to generate robust biological data that can power ML-driven drug discovery. This role reports to the Director, High Throughput Biology and requires you to be onsite at our South San Francisco office 5 days per week. RESPONSIBILITIES - Develop, optimize, and execute arrayed screening assays in 96- and 384-well plate formats, including endpoint, kinetic, imaging-based, and/or biochemical readouts. - Design and implement cell-based screening workflows using immortalized, primary, iPSC-derived, or engineered cellular models. - Support small-molecule, genetic, and/or perturbational screening efforts, including assay development, target validation, mechanism-of-action studies, and screening campaigns. - Partner wi

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