Research Scientist, Protein Design & Engineering

Dayhoff Labs · Cambridge

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Company
Dayhoff Labs
Location
Cambridge
Posted
October 21, 2026

About this job

The role You'll engineer proteins to carry out useful chemistry, combining enzyme discovery, directed evolution, and experimental characterisation. You'll own the experimental cycle: choosing starting points, building variant libraries, developing screens, and establishing which changes improve function and why. This is a hands-on role working closely with our computational and ML teams. You'll test designed proteins at the bench, use experimental results to guide subsequent rounds, and develop enzymes with the activity, selectivity, and stability needed for their intended application. There’s no fixed screening pipeline to inherit — you'll help decide how we build it.…

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