Founding Scientist / Co-Founder

About the RoleThis is a rare opportunity to join as a Founding Scientist / Co-Founder at an early-stage AI-for-biology startup based in Germany. This role sits at the intersection of wet-lab science and computational AI — you will help shape the company's scientific strategy, build core technology, and bridge hands-on experimental work with AI-driven workflows to accelerate biological discovery. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.What You'll DoDefine and lead the scientific vision and research roadmap for early-stage AI + wet-lab products.Design and execute key molecular biology, biochemistry, or genomics experiments to validate models and assays.Collaborate closely with engineers and ML researchers to translate experimental needs into computational requirements.Implement and oversee lab automation and data pipelines to scale experiments and improve reproducibility.Prototype computational tools and analyses; contribute code or notebooks integrating wet-lab data with predictive models.Mentor and recruit early scientific hires; establish laboratory best practices and safety standards.What We're Looking ForRequired:Hands-on experience designing, executing, and interpretin