Contract Scientist, Protein Sciences and Lead Discovery

Who we are:

Kymera is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the field of targeted protein degradation (TPD) to develop medicines that address critical health problems and have the potential to dramatically improve patients’ lives. Kymera is deploying TPD to address disease targets and pathways inaccessible with conventional therapeutics. Having advanced the first degrader into the clinic for immunological diseases, Kymera is focused on delivering oral small molecule degraders to provide a new generation of convenient, highly effective therapies for patients with these conditions. Kymera is also progressing degrader oncology programs that target undrugged or poorly drugged proteins to create new ways to fight cancer. Founded in 2016, Kymera has been recognized as one of Boston’s top workplaces for the past several years. For more information about our science, pipeline and people, please visit www.kymeratx.com or follow us on X (formerly Twitter) or LinkedIn.

How we work:

• PIONEER: We are courageous, resilient and rigorous in our mission to improve patients’ lives through our revolutionary degrader medicines.
• COLLABORATE: We value trust + transparency from everyone. Our goals are shared, our decisions data-driven and our camaraderie genuine.
• BELONG: We recognize our differences, inviting curiosity and inclusivity, so that our people are valued, seen, and heard.

How you’ll contribute:

• Support screening readiness including reagent QC and assay development
• Support high throughput screening operations
• Support hit/compound characterization using plate-based assays, SPR, and other biophysical approaches

Skills and experience you’ll bring:

• Hands-on experience performing plate based biochemical/biophysical assays using TR-FRET, FP, Fluorescence, and other common detection schemes
• Hands-on experience with Biacore S200 and 8k instruments
• Data analysis and presentation (written and/or oral) and familiarity with electronic laboratory notebooks (ELN)
• Experience with laboratory automation and high throughput screening processes (Echo, Bravo multidrop combi, Certus Flex, Cellario) is preferred

NOTE: This is a contract position - the assignment will be for 6 months and will begin ASAP.