Protein Design Team Lead
Core
Lead the development and application of computational protein design capabilities to support agricultural R&D, enabling the discovery and optimization of proteins for traits like insect control, herbicide tolerance, and disease resistance.
Role type
Senior IC protein design team lead (computational biology)
Builds
Scalable protein design workflows, computational platforms, and innovative protein engineering solutions for agricultural traits
Domain
Agriculture + Computational Biology + Protein Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
protein structure-function relationships, protein biochemistry, protein engineering, structural biology, machine learning, AI methods for protein discovery, protein language models, generative design, structure prediction tools, experimental validation workflows
Preferred skills
plant biology, crop genetics, agricultural trait discovery
Technologies
protein language models, generative design methods, structure prediction tools
Responsibilities
Recruit and mentor a team of protein design scientists and computational biologists; Lead development of computational approaches for protein discovery and optimization; Establish and maintain scalable protein design workflows and platforms; Partner with scientists to translate agricultural challenges into protein engineering objectives; Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners to integrate design capabilities; Monitor and evaluate emerging technologies in protein engineering and AI
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership