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Principal Scientist, Inflammation

US - California - South San Francisco💼 Full-time💰 $153,524–$207,710🗓 2026-07-16 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead discovery and translational biology efforts for a novel immune-targeting therapeutic platform focused on selective modulation of pathogenic immune-cell populations in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Role type

Principal Scientist, Inflammation

Builds

Novel immune-targeting therapeutic candidates for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

Domain

Biotechnology / Immunology

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

in vitro and ex vivo immune cell assay development, mechanistic characterization, in vivo translational pharmacology, immune cell profiling, biodistribution studies, pharmacodynamic biomarker development, data integration for mechanistic insights, preclinical efficacy evaluation

Preferred skills

lymphocyte biology expertise, immune effector mechanisms, high-impact scientific publications, primary immune-cell assays, co-culture systems, immune mediated cytotoxicity, high parameter flow cytometry, preclinical mouse models, small and large molecule drug discovery, mechanism of action studies, ELISA, MSD, single-cell RNA sequencing, CRISPR/Cas9, omics data analysis

Technologies

flow cytometry, scRNA-Seq, CRISPR/Cas9, ELISA, MSD

Responsibilities

Lead in vitro and ex vivo biological strategy for immune-targeting platforms, design and execute in vivo studies evaluating lymphocyte-mediated target cell depletion, develop and optimize functional immune-cell assays, build translational biology capabilities including immune cell profiling and biomarker development, integrate in vitro and in vivo datasets to generate mechanistic insights, advance lead therapeutic candidates toward development, collaborate with cross-functional teams on laboratory experiments

Seniority

Principal, research leader with independent scientific contributions

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