Amai, an innovative protein design biotech startup, seeks a computational biologist and informatician to join our expanding Computational Protein Design team. Amai computationally designs novel proteins for food and beverage applications. The proteins are produced via microbial precision fermentation and embedded into tasty applications. The first product is a healthy, tasty, and affordable sugar substitute. Other designer alternative proteins are in development. The qualified candidate would be a team player with excellent work ethics.

Responsibilities:

Analyze sequence and structural computational and experimental data of proteins, RNA and DNA.

Develop software tools for efficient data integration and mining

Conduct literature and patent searches

Collaborate with other departments

Curate and manage of in-house datasets

Develop and maintain in-house pipelines of analysis, implementing best coding practices

Communicate with fellow scientists and IT experts

Requirements:

*M.Sc. in bioinformatics / computational biology / computational biophysics. Experienced excellent B.Sc. holders will also be considered

*Experience with computational analysis of protein and nucleic acid data

*Proven programming experience in Python (experience with GitHub is an advantage)

*Proven experience in Unix/Linux ecosystems

*Ability to mentor scientists from other disciplines on computational and bioinformatics solutions, advancing in-house collaboration and data sharing

*Ability to work as part of a team and closely collaborate with others