Senior Research Associate, Bioengineering

ODDITY is a consumer tech company that builds and scales digital-first brands to disrupt the offline-dominated beauty and wellness industries. The company serves over 40 million users with its AI-driven online platform, deploying data science to identify consumer needs, and developing solutions in the form of beauty and wellness products. ODDITY owns IL MAKIAGE, Spoiled Child, and medical-grade skincare and telehealth platform METHODIQ.

ODDITY LABS is our cutting-edge biotechnology R&D center, powering science-backed product innovation through the discovery and development of new molecules, probiotics, peptides, and other biological modalities. Unlike pharmaceuticals, ingredient innovation in the beauty and wellness industry has remained stagnant for decades. We are deploying patented, proprietary technologies and capabilities, including AI-based molecule discovery and advanced phenotypic databases, to understand the biological mechanisms that drive cellular behavior and develop uniquely efficacious products for beauty and wellness applications.

Innovations from the ODDITY LABS will power game-changing products through ODDITY’s current brands, as well as future brands.

ODDITY operates with business headquarters in New York City, an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel, and a biotechnology lab in Boston. Our culture is fast-paced, innovative, agile, and offers every team member the opportunity to drive a big impact.

We’re looking to hire a Research Associate in Bioengineering for ODDITY LABS. In this role, you will:

• Design, prepare, execute, and analyze various experiments to support research & development (R&D) projects in our pipelines.
• Establish tools, execute assays, and develop in vitro models to evaluate efficacy and safety of candidate biomolecules.
• Support an environment that enables a staff of highly skilled and specialized peers to perform biological and computational experiments and promote trust and decision-making.
• Help develop and standardize standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Refine and continuously evolve existing pipelines to enable data-driven decision-making, acceleration through the proof-of-concept to product stages, and product validation pipelines.
• Keep and maintain all laboratory-related documentation, including but not limited to laboratory notes, experimental records, safety data sheets, regulatory documents, and SOPs.
• Help manage and coordinate instrument and equipment maintenance as necessary. This can include both internal maintenance and external third-party procurement. Help perform regular calibration and QA/QC checks on instrumentation and equipment.
• Stay apprised of trends across beauty and biotechnology and implement new technologies that may further enhance the capabilities of ODDITY LABS.
• Contribute to promoting a unified office/laboratory culture by organizing and assisting in planning community-building activities.
• Ensure a clean and safe environment for all laboratory personnel. Enforce and support universal precautions and use of personal protective equipment for all laboratory personnel.
• Assist in laboratory ordering, inventory, regulations, and permits.

• B.S. or higher in Biology, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, or related major, with at least 3 years of industry experience in biotech or pharma.
• You have extensive experience (3+ years) with mammalian cell culture, particularly experience with handling primary human cells and immortalized cell lines. Experience with stem cells, iPSC differentiation, various culture substrates, and/or 3D models is ideal.
• You have prior experience with genetic manipulation of mammalian cells (using either viral vectors, RNAi, CRISPR, etc) and molecular biology techniques, such as nucleic acid preparation, primer design, cloning and Western Blot.
• Previous experience in processing ex vivo tissue, including histology, transcriptomic profiling, and protein quantification is a plus.
• Previous experience with ELN/LIMS systems and compound/plasmid management preferred.
• Proven expertise with functional assays including reporter cell lines, flow-cytometry, ELISA, cytokine profiling, biochemical assays, and fluorescence imaging.
• You…