Strain Developer

SilicoLife

📍 Braga, Braga, Portugal

CDI Computer Occupations Posted March 01, 2026

Job Description

AI + Biology for sustainable ingredients

Join SilicoLife, a cutting-edge biotechnology company on a mission to harness the power of computational biology to sustainably produce valuable compounds through fermentation. With over a decade of expertise and proprietary technologies, SilicoLife has been at the forefront of biotechnology innovation and is now poised to become a product-focused company in the high-growth supplements market.

We are seeking a highly motivated, proactive, and collaborative full-time Strain Developer to engineer, optimize and characterize high-performing microbial strains to enhance productivity and drive biotechnological innovation. The ideal candidate combines a strong scientific foundation with creativity and a results-oriented mindset and will ensure the smooth and efficient running of the strain engineering laboratory.

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