At LabGenius Therapeutics ("LabGenius"), our mission is to discover the next generation of therapeutic antibodies by combining human and machine intelligence. To do this, we’ve pioneered the development of EVA™, state-of-the-art automated platform, enabling the closed-loop discovery of high-performing, non-intuitive antibody designs using proprietary, ML-grade datasets. For our wholly-owned therapeutic pipeline, we’re using our closed-loop discovery engine to establish a pipeline of highly selective T-cell engagers and ADCs for the treatment of solid tumours.

LabGenius has raised >£55M and is backed by top-tier investors, including M Ventures, Octopus Ventures, LG Corp, Atomico, Kindred Capital, Lux Capital and Obvious Ventures amongst others. The company is headquartered in London (UK) where we’ve established a cutting-edge antibody engineering facility. The company is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of more than 50 scientists and engineers.

You’ll be a pivotal member of the wet-lab team, serving as the technical lead for antibody binding characterization. This is a high-impact opportunity for a kinetics expert to not only execute assays but to build a world-class antibody binding platform from the ground up.

Your primary mission is to ensure that our ML models are fed with high-resolution, high-quality kinetic data. You won't just be running samples; you will be designing the workflows—using SPR (Surface Plasmon Resonance) and BLI (Biolayer Interferometry)—to transition our discovery pipeline from crude screening to clinical-grade lead optimization.

You’ll be a member of our antibody developability team, where you’ll ensure that the "best" binders also possess the biophysical properties required to become successful therapeutic products. You won't just be looking at how well an antibody binds; you’ll be stress-testing its "fitness" for clinical use, identifying liabilities like aggregation, instability, or poor solubility early in the pipeline.

Whatever your previous experience includes, you’ll inject passion and energy into everything you do. You’ll enjoy multi-disciplinary work, and you’ll have an endless hunger for knowledge, learning, and growth; all the qualities LabGenius Therapeutics celebrates!

Your role at LabGenius Therapeutics will be varied, with clear communication being critical to your day-to-day interactions with the team. Being able to integrate your workflow with other teams, along with the ability to share findings in an articulate manner, will help you to achieve success within this position.

This position is a full time laboratory-based role, on a 12 month fixed term contract.

What you’ll do in this role

What we’re looking for

Nice to have

• Experience with high-throughput array-based SPR (e.g., Carterra LSA) or BLI (e.g. Octet RH96)
• Experience characterizing non-traditional modalities like bispecifics, VHH, or scaffold proteins, and studying complex binding interactions that go beyond the 1:1 model.
• You are familiar with complex LIMS systems for data analysis and data integrity.
• You are familiar with open source software and bioinformatics tools to support protein production analysis.

What you’ll receive from us Aside from being part of our brilliant, purpose-driven team, you’ll also enjoy:

Financial 💸

• Discretionary performance-linked annual bonus
• A generous stock option plan
• 3x Salary Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Health Shield Cash Back Plan on day-to-day health expenses
• 5% pension, with an additional top up on tax savings from us
• Free Will-writing Service

Health 🍏

• Private Medical Insurance, including dental and optical (currently with AXA)
• Discounted gym membership through either AXA or HealthShield
• 24/7 access to GP Services
• Access to the Cycle to Work scheme: to make your commute cheaper, healthier and a whole lot greener

Time-Off ⏰

• 25 days annual leave (plus the bank holidays)
• 1 day paid for moving home
• Paid sick leave
• Compassionate and emergency leave

Wellbeing 💛

• Employee Assistance Programme including access to coaching and CBT sessions

Team-building 🤝

• Weekly team lunches through Feedr.
• A programme of social events both company-wide and within your own teams

Diversity & Inclusion We believe that diversity makes for innovative, exceptional teams.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on gender, race, colour, religion or belief, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.

If you don't feel like you meet every single requirement of this role, we still want to hear from you! We encourage you to apply, have a discussion with us about the role or others that we may have at LabGenius either now or in the future, together we can build more inclusive workplaces.