Senior Scientist

Do you want to join one of the fastest-growing molecular diagnostics companies to help transform prenatal and oncology diagnostics that can affect millions of patient lives?

BillionToOne (Y Combinator S17), ranked at the top 5% of Y Combinator companies with $200M+ in funding from prominent VC firms, has developed a DNA molecular counter that increases the cell-free DNA diagnostics resolution by over 1,000 fold. BillionToOne's first product, UNITY™ is the first and only prenatal screen that directly assesses the baby's risk for common and severe inherited disorders such as cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and hemoglobinopathies from a single tube of blood from the pregnant mother.

BillionToOne is currently seeking a Senior Scientist to further develop our product pipeline. We are looking for a quantitative biologist, biophysicist, or bioengineer who can own the end-to-end R&D process, both able to design complex high-throughput molecular biology experiments & analyze complex, quantitative data that the experiments generate. Our Senior Scientists serve as principal investigators with significant resources and direct reports. They own end-to-end research and product development. This is an extremely impactful position, appropriate for an inspired scientist and extraordinary problem solver. The Senior Scientist position is an onsite position and reports directly to the CEO.

Responsibilities:

• Learn, use and modify our custom R/Python code for experimental design purposes, and complement them with bioinformatic tools as needed.
• Plan and develop the research strategy.
• Design (and be able to perform) experiments to validate diagnostic/screening assays.
• Analyze experiments and troubleshoot them as necessary.
• Read the literature from chemistry and molecular biology to synthetic biology, bioengineering, and statistical learning fields to find creative opportunities for further improvements in our assays.
• Mathematically/computationally model experimental processes to iterate on the research strategy and assay development.

Requirements:

• PhD in biological sciences, bioengineering, biophysics, or related discipline with molecular biology lab experience
• A deep quantitative understanding of and approach to biology
• A strong background in physics, applied mathematics, or mathematical biology (i.e., you intuitively understand concepts such as error propagation, probability distributions, Markov models, Monte Carlo simulations, phase diagrams etc.)
• Ability to analyze data and model biological processes in R or Python
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms and familiarity with industry tools (Github, command line, AWS)

Nice-to-Haves:

• Next-generation-sequencing experience
• A deep understanding of or experience with nucleic acid chemistry

Benefits and Perks:

• Suite of benefit plans
• Paid Medical, Pregnancy, Parental and Family Leaves
• Retirement savings program with Company contribution
• Competitive pay
• Generous equity package
• Free daily on-site lunches provided from top eateries
• Latest and greatest hardware (laptop, lab equipment, facilities)
• Free on-site EV charging (compatible with all EVs, including Tesla!)
• Working with a team of ‘rockstars’ who bring out the best in everyone
• The ability to indirectly or directly change the lives of hundreds of thousand patients
• Open, transparent culture that includes weekly Town Hall meetings

At BillionToOne, we are proud to offer a combination of a (1) base pay range (actual amount offered is based experience and salary/equity options split that the candidate chooses) (2) generous equity options offering, on top of (3) industry leading company benefits (free healthcare options, 401k match, very generous fully paid paternal leave etc.).

For this position, the base pay range is: $120,000 to $160,000 per year

BillionToOne is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.