GROWTH ENGINEER- Life Science

Sapho Bio•San Carlos, CA

4d•$100,000 - $115,000•Onsite

About The Position

Sapho Bio is seeking an early-career Growth Engineer reporting to the Head of Growth to help Sapho Bio turn ambitious ideas into measurable growth. This is a hands-on role at the intersection of technology, communication, AI, experimentation, and go-to-market execution. You will engineer the systems that power growth at Sapho Bio: AI apps, tools, and agents; an authoritative knowledge base that keeps generated content accurate and current without constant manual review; and the data pipelines and dashboards that show what is working. You will then put those systems to work on real business surfaces: technical and scientific content, website operations, events, and more. You will work across the full experiment cycle: identify an opportunity, form a hypothesis, build a prototype, launch a test, measure the result, communicate what you learned, and improve the next version. This role is designed for a recent graduate or early-career builder who is equally energized by creating, testing, analyzing, and communicating. You do not need years of traditional marketing experience. We care about evidence that you have built something, shipped it to real users or audiences, measured the result, and improved it.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Marketing, Life Sciences, or a related field.
At least 1 year of hands-on experience building and testing modern AI tools (such as fine-tuning models, retrieval and knowledge-base pipelines, or agentic workflows) and systematically evaluating their output for usefulness, accuracy, and consistency. Internships, co-ops, student ventures, research projects, freelance work, and substantial portfolio projects count.
Experience creating, managing, and scaling the distribution of technical or scientific content to real users or audiences.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated by the ability to translate technical or scientific concepts into clear, compelling language, with an interest in biotechnology or regulated industries (prior biotechnology experience is welcome but not required).
A portfolio, GitHub repository, personal site, or concise case study that includes at least two full-stack prototypes built with modern software approaches, showing what you built, how you measured it (hypotheses, success metrics, performance data), and how you approached the work.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, move quickly, and maintain strong attention to detail in a fast-paced startup environment, with a demonstrated ownership mentality and strong follow-through.
Must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of San Carlos, CA.

Nice To Haves

prior biotechnology experience is welcome but not required

Responsibilities

Prototype and launch campaigns, content, digital experiences, and internal tools that test growth ideas quickly and make Sapho Bio's work compelling to scientific and business audiences.
Build and test AI apps, tools, and agents to accelerate research, content development, task execution, and data analysis; run structured tests to identify where AI improves quality or speed and where human review remains essential.
Build an authoritative knowledge base for content generation: ingest and annotate internal and external sources so that current policies, factual statements, FAQs, and regulatory context are always available as a grounded source of truth, reducing the need for manual review of generated content over time.
Turn what works into scalable, auditable workflows: repeatable systems, templates, automations, and documented playbooks that combine verifiable code with predictable AI steps with well-defined inputs and outputs, supported by measurement dashboards and a searchable record of learnings.
Translate complex technical and scientific work into accurate, audience-appropriate communication and content.
Own projects end to end and perform other duties as assigned in support of company growth.