63 jobs for “Biotech Research Scientist”
Alloy Therapeutics UK Ltd Cambridge £45,000 – £50,000 pa
Design and build large-scale synthetic gene loci and transgenic platforms for antibody discovery, using CRISPR/Cas9, RMCE and site-specific integrases. Hands-on molecular biology including PCR, NGS, plasmid construction and flow-cytometric immunophenotyping, within a small multidisciplinary team working from dry-lab design to wet-lab validation.
CureAge Therapeutics London
Lead the computationally guided design of a lipid nanoparticle delivery platform, applying chemical and biophysical principles to optimise LNP composition and formulation. Use AI-enabled chemistry, cheminformatics, predictive models and molecular modelling to prioritise formulation components, working closely with the experimental team and founding team in a small start-up.
Latent Labs London
Work at the interface between frontier generative models and pharmaceutical/biotech customers, deploying, adapting and fine-tuning models in customer environments. Build production-grade API integrations, model-serving infrastructure and ML data pipelines, while acting as technical point of contact for partners. Combines deep ML research with customer-facing delivery in an interdisciplinary team.
Isomorphic Labs Cambridge, United States
Experienced medicinal chemists lead portfolio drug discovery projects from initiation to clinical candidate selection, working as Project Lead or Medicinal Chemistry Lead. They partner closely with ML scientists to refine the AI drug design platform, manage CRO resources, and may line-manage teams of 2-4 chemists.
Isomorphic Labs Cambridge, United States
Lead computational drug design programs from hit identification through candidate selection, applying AI/ML to cheminformatics workflows and shaping the internal drug design engine. Roles span Program Lead or Computational Chemistry Lead, with some positions managing 2-3 computational chemists in a hybrid Cambridge, MA team.
EMBL-EBI Saffron Walden
Combines hands-on development of production bioinformatics services like Job Dispatcher with scientific and technical leadership, shaping product strategy, roadmaps and backlog priorities. Works with scientists, engineers and infrastructure teams on HPC, Nextflow, SLURM and containerised tools, and represents services in committee meetings.
EMBL-EBI Saffron Walden £3,452 pm
Designs and develops software and APIs for the UniProt protein data services and website, serving a global scientific community. Also handles design, maintenance and monitoring of the website's cloud infrastructure, with a focus on scalability, well-tested code and distributed big-data processing. Works in a dynamic interdisciplinary team of engineers and bioinformaticians alongside biologists.
GSK USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence £174,750 – £291,250 pa
Leads respiratory epidemiology and real-world evidence programs that inform vaccine development, accountable for at least one asset or disease area and its Global Epidemiology Plan. Designs and oversees complex observational studies using claims, EHR and registry data, advises clinical, safety and regulatory matrix teams, and manages external partnerships and scientific dissemination. Also mentors junior epidemiologists and represents the company with regulators and at international conferences.
GSK Boston, United States £174,750 – £320,375 pa
Leads respiratory epidemiology and real-world evidence programs that inform vaccine development, designing and overseeing complex studies on disease burden, treatment patterns and safety. Partners across clinical development, safety, regulatory and health outcomes, manages external collaborations, and mentors junior scientists. Hybrid role requiring on-site presence at least two days per week.
Orchard Therapeutics London
Acts as subject-matter expert for the organisation's ELN platform, owning its configuration, governance and continuous improvement across R&D laboratories. Builds workflows, templates and integrations, supports superusers, and leads development of a centralised Technical Development data repository using SQL and analytics to enable data-driven scientific decisions.
AstraZeneca Cambridge
Hands-on individual contributor building and deploying agentic AI and predictive foundation models for in silico biology, including perturbation prediction and virtual cell models, to accelerate drug target identification and validation. Partners with therapeutic area scientists across Oncology and BioPharmaceuticals, writing production-quality Python pipelines and contributing to publications.
Platform Recruitment Cambridge £35,000 – £45,000 pa
Develops FPGA and embedded firmware for high-performance data acquisition and signal processing systems used in biomedical research products. Writes VHDL for FPGA design and C for low-level hardware control, integrating with interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, USB and Ethernet. Works alongside hardware and software engineers across the full product lifecycle, with real project ownership and a progression route to senior roles.
Moderna Oxford
Develops, validates and runs ligand-binding and cell-based bioanalytical assays generating pharmacodynamic and immunogenicity data for clinical mRNA programmes. Works in a GcLP-regulated lab using Thermo Watson LIMS and electronic notebooks, handling clinical samples, critical reagents, SOPs and validation reports while partnering with Clinical Operations and Sample Management.
Novartis London
Leads end-to-end translational strategy for neurodegenerative and neuromuscular programs, bridging preclinical research to Phase 1–2 clinical development. Accountable for biomarker strategy, clinical endpoint selection and early-phase trial design, and serves as the Translational Medicine representative within global cross-functional project and clinical trial teams.
IQVIA Cambridge
Hands-on bioanalytical role developing, optimising and running LC-MS/MS assays for small and large molecule DMPK studies in an early discovery setting, analysing matrices such as plasma, blood, brain, bile, faeces and urine. Combines complex mass spectrometry troubleshooting and method development with leading scientific projects, mentoring colleagues and driving novel assay innovation in a matrix team.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals London
Leads the development and execution of international regulatory strategy across European and Rest of World markets, from first-in-human through post-marketing. Represents Global Regulatory Affairs on core development teams, manages project plans and resources, and advises senior management. Also a people manager within the International GRA leadership team, driving process improvement and regulatory policy engagement.
Ipsen London
Leads global operational delivery of early development oncology programs, managing Clinical Project Managers, Monitoring Leads and CTAs. Owns the clinical development plan, CRO and site selection strategy, budgets and timelines, and serves on Asset Teams. Requires deep first-in-human and Phase I oncology trial expertise.
