Hiring: Scientist I, Disease Biology Company: Altos Labs Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 11:57:47 Employment Type: Contract About the job Experience: •PhD in Biology, Cell Biology, Physiology, or a related field, with 0-3 years of post-PhD experience. •0-3 years of post-PhD experience. •3 years of post-PhD experience. Required Skills: •Design and execute innovative research strategies to identify causal regulators of cell state, aging, regeneration, and disease biology. •Develop, benchmark, and validate disease cell models of age-related and disease-associated cell states. •Scale assays to screen candidate interventions across cell models, and contribute to data-driven prioritization decisions on which candidates and which models to advance. •Design, conduct, and interpret in vivo studies to evaluate candidate interventions and benchmark disease models against in vitro findings. •Elucidate the mechanisms of action underlying promising interventions to identify and prioritize therapeutic targets and modalities. •Support and manage internal/external collaborations across one or more multidisciplinary projects to accelerate essential research activities. •Develop project-specific experimental strategies, techniques, and procedures. •Collaborate closely with other scientists and cross-functional teams to integrate multidimensional datasets and generate actionable biological insight. Qualifications: •Demonstrated success in elucidating complex age-associated disease mechanisms, including but not limited to kidney, lung, liver and skin indications. •Strong hands-on experience conceptualizing and performing rodent in vivo disease assays, with a background in relevant laboratory techniques and methods. •Excellent professional writing skills and the ability to communicate through writing and presentations to a variety of audiences, from senior executives to entry-level employees. •Problem-solving skills sufficient to identify issues, conduct research, and develop innovative solutions. •Demonstrated capacity to maintain cooperative working relationships with a broad range of people, including staff colleagues, lab members, faculty, outside agencies and collaborators, and the community. •Demonstrated high productivity and ability to complete work in a timely manner. •Demonstrated capacity to organize work and set priorities. •Demonstrated capacity to focus on details to produce accurate, quality work driven by deadlines. •Demonstrated capacity to work in a dynamic environment and with others in a team. •Strengths in dealing with ambiguity. Compensation: •$134,700 - $172,700 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!