Job Description

Responsibilities

• Design and build software for exploring protein designs, planning experiments, or visualizing results.
• Develop intuitive user interfaces along with the APIs and data services that support them.
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and machine learning researchers to understand needs and improve the software through feedback.
• Write well-tested, documented code and present the completed project to the team.

Requirements

• Be enrolled in a BS, MS, or PhD program in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bioengineering, or a related field, or have equivalent practical experience.
• Have strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with AI-assisted tools for writing, testing, and debugging software.
• Have experience with one or more of web applications, data visualization, APIs, databases, or scientific computing.
• Demonstrate curiosity about AI and biology, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively; prior biology experience is not required.

Benefits

• Typical internship duration is 12 weeks with flexible start dates.
• Hybrid work arrangement requiring 2–3 days onsite per week at the Emeryville, California headquarters.
• Opportunity to ship work that influences how Profluent designs and tests proteins.
• Mentorship from experienced software engineers and collaboration with scientists and machine learning researchers.
• Competitive internship compensation and work on meaningful software projects in a mission-driven, well-funded startup environment.

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