At Parallel Bio, we are using the immune system to unlock safer, more effective drugs. By creating
access to genuine human biology in a diverse, reproducible, and scalable way we’re changing the way researchers find, test, refine, and deliver these life-changing therapies.
The human immune system is the master regulator of health and disease in our bodies. Current tools used to discover drugs that target the immune system are wildly inadequate. To fix this critical gap, Parallel Bio created a human ‘immune system in a dish’ to rapidly accelerate the development of new drugs and immunotherapies more likely to work in patients. This means
developing drugs that are known to safely work in humans before the first patient receives the first dose and an end to needlessly destroying millions of lab animals in the pursuit of human health.
By blending this biological innovation with the latest in high-throughput lab automation and integrated data capture & analysis, we’re creating a new type of biotech – one that brings the advantages of cloud computing to next-generation wet lab studies.
Why Work With Us
As a biologist, joining our team means:
- Pushing forward the understanding of how the immune system functions with real-world experimentation.
- Helping create new experimental methods that can be repeated and varied from the keyboard instead of the bench.
- Learning modern data & software practices - techniques considered beyond the cutting-edge in biotech.
- Creating experiments where copies of the same organism can be held constant - either for varied treatments or repeated across replicants to drive down scientific uncertainty.
- Access to diverse populations varied by sex, age, race, medical history can be used repeatedly and repeatably.
As a technologist, joining our team means bringing the rigor and scalability of computing into the biological domain:
- Work a problem with clear benefits for humanity. This is work worth doing.
- Bring modern software and data practices to biotech, an industry still catching up on 15 years of big data tech evolution.
- The breadth of our systems is breath-taking: from low-level robotics programming to data science & visualization to AI models of immune response and everything in-between. As a small team we tend to work across these areas rather than be siloed into one of them.
- Software is a first-class product concern at Parallel Bio, not a cost-center / service organization. We operate wet labs but we ship data-as-a-product.
- Learn the intricacies of the biological computing system that is the human immune system: antibody selection and production is a complex search problem.
As part of our operations team, joining Parallel Bio means:
- Playing a key role in enabling the seamless functioning of a pioneering biotech company driving groundbreaking drug discovery.
- Supporting visionary leaders whose work is reshaping how therapies are developed and delivered to patients.
- Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team at the forefront of science, technology, and innovation.
- Gaining insight into the unique challenges and opportunities of scaling a high-impact startup.
- Contributing to a mission-driven organization focused on creating safer, more effective drugs and transforming the future of human health.
Note to candidates: The requirements listed here are an exhaustive list of useful traits but not a hard list of requirements. Candidates who don't fulfill one or more of the listed requirements but still think they are strong candidates are encouraged to apply.
We are seeking a highly motivated
Research Associate to join our team to expand our biobank, support our internal and external drug discovery projects, and support the operation of our discovery platforms.
What you will do:
- Champion our biobanking efforts; as a key member of our team, one of your main responsibilities will be to expand our biobank and help carry out our QC pipeline on our patient samples. You will be working hands-on in tissue culture to process patient samples as we receive them, maintaining the donor information and inventory in our internal databases, and ensuring sample quality throughout.
- Support our discovery projects; you will support our internal and external drug discovery efforts. Your expertise will support the running of our biological assays, including flow cytometry, ELISAs, ELISpots, Luminex, MSD, immunofluorescence, and others. You will be working in tissue culture setting up organoid experiments, carrying out experiments, and collaborate with the team to process and analyze the resulting data.
Who you are:
- You have a BS in biology, biotechnology, immunology, or related fields; you have at least one year of tissue culture experience with excellent aseptic technique. You likely have previous experience or familiarity with carrying out a range of immunological assays.
- You have high personal standards and are reliable; you have a track record of driving tasks and projects to completion and have the ability to work independently. You have strong lab and organizational skills, a familiarity with laboratory information systems or electronic lab notebooks, and are very detail oriented.
- You embrace failure; you’re not afraid of failure because you know that the work we’re doing is brand new territory and it will take a lot of persistence and experimentation to move forward. When you face failures or roadblocks you don't get bogged down because you have a “we’ll figure it out” mentality.
- You’re a collaborative team-player; you think about the bigger picture and your impact within the team versus your individual contributions. You bring energy to your work that's infectious and helps keep others motivated. You’re unafraid to ask questions and participate in discussions. You’re quick to jump in and help support the team.
- You’re excited by making an impact and have a deep desire to learn; you’re motivated by real-world problems and derive energy from being in an environment fueled by innovation and challenge. You want to try new things, and are passionate about working towards results. You’re excited by the prospect of joining an interdisciplinary team and want to learn from others.
Your generous compensation package will include a base salary of $70,000 - 85,000 USD, unlimited PTO, 401K plan with matching, as well as comprehensive health, dental, vision and life benefits.
Compensation Range: $70K - $85K
