This is Cradle Proteins are the molecular machines of life, used for many therapeutic, diagnostic, chemical, agricultural and food applications. Designing and optimizing proteins takes a lot of expert knowledge and manual effort, through the use of custom computational and biological tools.

Machine learning is revolutionizing this space, by enabling high-fidelity protein models. At Cradle, we offer a software platform for AI-guided discovery and optimization of proteins, so that biologists can design proteins faster and at scale. We are already used by clients across biopharma, biotech, agri-tech, food-tech, and academia.

We're an experienced team of around 75 people. We've built many successful products before and have enough funding for multiple years of runway. We are distributed across two main locations, Zurich and Amsterdam, and are focused on building the best possible team culture.

We offer our employees a very competitive salary, a generous equity stake in the company and a wide range of benefits and career progression opportunities.

Your Role As Cradle Academy Developer, you'll spearhead building Cradle Academy: the educational foundation that empowers scientists to master protein engineering with AI. You'll create the curriculum, content, and hands-on learning experiences that transform how researchers adopt and succeed with Cradle's platform, from their first onboarding session through advanced applications.

Your work will help to scale scientific enablement across Cradle’s user base of wet lab and computational protein scientists. You'll work closely with Customer Success, Sales, Product and Machine Learning Research teams to produce accessible technical guides, instructional content, build practical demo environments, design interactive workshops, and establish best practices that accelerate time-to-value for computational and experimental scientists alike.

Through your work, Cradle Academy will ensure that every scientist - regardless of their computational background - can confidently design better proteins with Cradle.

Your Responsibilities Content Development and Curriculum Design

• Design and deliver comprehensive onboarding curricula that bring new users from platform basics to confident, independent usage
• Create high-quality educational materials including step-by-step technical guides, video tutorials, explainer content, and interactive workshops
• Establish and maintain documentation standards that ensure content remains current, accurate, and scientifically rigorous
• Create interactive sandbox environments where scientists can self-educate and experiment with Cradle's platform in a low-stakes setting.

Program Delivery and Community Building

• Lead live training sessions, workshops, and webinars for customers and internal teams
• Foster a community of practice by creating forums for users to share learnings and best practices
• Gather feedback from learners to continuously improve educational content and delivery methods

Your Qualifications Must-haves

• MSc or PhD in Structural / Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics or a related field
• 3–5+ years of experience creating educational content or technical training in life sciences, biotech, or scientific software
• Basic proficiency in data analysis using Python and relevant data science libraries (pandas, scikit, scipy, matplotlib, etc.)

Nice-to-haves

• Prior teaching or scientific training experience in academic or industry settings
• Background in instructional design principles and adult learning theory
• Experience building developer education programs, learning labs, or technical academies
• Familiarity with protein design, directed evolution, or AI/ML applications in drug discovery
• Experience producing professional video content and screencasts
• Knowledge of modern e-learning platforms and content management systems

Our commitment to inclusive hiring Cradle evaluates all candidates based on merit, regardless of sex, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic background, or any other aspect of identity. We maintain zero tolerance for discrimination and actively encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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