Scientific & QA Jobs
Head of Functional Genomics
Substrate Bio • London, UK
Salary
£64k – £64k
Posted
9 August 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview
Substrate Bio is hiring a Head of Functional Genomics in London, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £64k – £64k. Substrate Bio holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.
The opportunity Substrate is building a network of fully autonomous wet labs, cloud-based data production facilities for AI biology, integrated with foundation models to become the critical infrastructure layer for AI-driven biological discovery. Our first node opens in King’s Cross, London, with several integrated workcells and two scientific verticals online by mid-2027. Our customers range from foundation model labs to global pharma. We are hiring a Head of Functional Genomics to build and l…
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