Biotechnology Jobs

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior · manages people

You will design and develop LLM applications for drug discovery, working with research scientists and engineers on model architectures, post-training, reasoning, agents and reinforcement learning. The role spans core ML research, scaling training and inference frameworks, and potentially leading standalone projects with technical mentorship.

JAX · PyTorch · TensorFlow +3

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior · manages people

Builds greenfield machine learning models and algorithms for drug discovery, designing new architectures, running experiments and scaling training and inference frameworks. Works in an interdisciplinary team of ML scientists and domain experts, with opportunities to lead projects and mentor others depending on experience.

JAX · PyTorch · TensorFlow +3

• Oxford
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent

Postdoctoral role in the joint Monera project, building multi-modal generative models of whole organisms starting with E. coli. You will perform high-throughput genome engineering to generate diverse microbial strains and design scalable measurement strategies, working in an integrated computational and experimental team alongside AI scientists.

Escherichia coli

• Oxford
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent

Design and conduct experiments on nanopore technologies, single-molecule analysis, and 3D tissue engineering, spanning chemistry, biology, physics and engineering. Postdocs lead development of emerging biotech methods, publish impactful research, and mentor junior researchers within a 100+ researcher institute.

3D Printing

• Stevenage
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• US$340,500 – US$567,500 pa
• Director · manages people

Leads global development of a cancer vaccine asset from late-stage transition through approval and launch, acting as single point of accountability. Builds and leads a matrix Medicine Development Team spanning clinical development, immunology, manufacturing, regulatory, safety, medical affairs and commercial, and sets the asset strategy within GSK's oncology R&D portfolio.

mRNA · Checkpoint Inhibitors

• Zug, Switzerland
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• US$340,500 – US$567,500 pa
• Director · manages people

Leads global development of a cancer vaccine asset from late-stage transition through approval and launch, acting as single point of accountability across major markets. Builds and directs a matrix Medicine Development Team spanning clinical development, immunology/biomarkers, manufacturing, regulatory, safety, medical affairs and commercial, and serves as asset spokesperson to senior governance boards.

mRNA · Checkpoint Inhibitors

• London
• On-site
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Owns the end-to-end sample-to-sequence pipeline for the Trillion Gene Atlas, spanning DNA extraction, library prep and sequencing dispatch across Phase 1 and Phase 2. Bridges R&D and production by scaling validated protocols, applying Lean/Six Sigma to improve throughput, and leading a small lab team while monitoring data return with bioinformatics partners.

Illumina · Ultima · PacBio +3

• London
• Lead

Lead the development of country, site and patient enrollment strategies for complex global clinical trials, analysing clinical and operational data to shape feasibility and study delivery. Present recommendations to clients and senior stakeholders, with a particular focus on APAC opportunities including China. Mentors colleagues and acts as subject-matter expert for planning tools.

• Cambridge
• Senior

Acts as subject matter expert for stem cell culture technologies, leading development, optimisation and delivery of cellular systems for drug discovery. Manages multiple cell culture programmes, supplies high-quality cell batches for high-throughput screening, and troubleshoots assays while ensuring biological safety compliance. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams and external partners across global sites.

Automated Liquid Handling Platforms · High-Throughput Screening

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• £26,000 – £40,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Field-based role installing, maintaining and servicing nano-flow cytometry instruments at customer sites across the UK and Europe, plus remote phone and email troubleshooting of hardware, software and reagents. Involves preventative maintenance scheduling, service documentation, spare parts inventory and coordinating service contracts with the sales team, following training with senior technical staff.

Nano-flow Cytometry · nFCM

• Maidenhead
• Mid-level

Unblinded monitoring of pharmacies at clinical trial sites across Scotland and the North of England, with possible additional UK and Ireland sites. Involves Investigational Product oversight, ICH-GCP compliance, eTMF documentation and acting as primary contact for pharmacy monitoring, within a sponsor-dedicated team.

eTMF

• London
• On-site
• £27,500 – £30,000 pa
• Entry level
• Temporary

Processing blood and other biofluids from volunteer donors in a research services lab, including centrifugation, buffy coat and PBMC separation, reagent preparation and microbiological/viral testing of urine. Work follows Human Tissue Act, ISO 9001 and internal safety standards, with responsibility for maintaining laboratory records. Suited to someone starting out who has some blood or accredited lab experience.

• Leeds
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Entry level
• Permanent

Develops protocols and clinical study reports for early-phase trials (I-IIa), focusing on safety and pharmacokinetics. Coordinates cross-functional teams and client stakeholders to drive documents from draft to final deliverable, with on-the-job training in medical writing.

• Edinburgh
• Mid-level · manages people

Oversee a transgenic facility producing around 100 genetically modified animal models annually, advising researchers on project design and methodologies. Lead and develop three specialist technical staff while managing cryobanks, budgets, cost-recovery and regulatory compliance. The role combines hands-on molecular biology and transgenesis expertise with operational leadership in a university-linked biomedical research setting.

• Didcot
• On-site
• Lead · manages people

Lead a team of software engineers delivering next-generation Raman spectroscopy software from the Laser Spectroscopy Center of Excellence in Oxford (Harwell). The role owns R&D operations across the software product lifecycle, solving engineering challenges and integrating hardware and software with global partners, using modern architectures such as containerisation, Kubernetes, microservices and cloud deployment.

Kubernetes · Linux · Microsoft