Role Description We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Senior Scientist to lead our Strain Engineering team. The role combines scientific leadership with active bench science: defining strain and platform strategy, designing and executing experiments, scoping development programs, and translating product opportunities into technically rigorous strain-development plans. The candidate will work closely with fermentation, downstream, regulatory, leadership, and external collaborators to advance programs from concept through scale-up readiness.

Key Responsibilities
Strain Engineering Leadership & Hands-on Science
Lead the design, construction, screening, and optimization of microbial production strains using hosts such as E. coli, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pichia pastoris/Komagataella phaffii, Bacillus, Corynebacterium, filamentous fungi, and other relevant organisms.
Remain hands-on at the bench as needed across cloning, DNA assembly, CRISPR/Cas engineering, transformation, strain verification, pathway engineering, expression optimization, and strain screening.




Develop engineering strategies to improve titer, productivity, yield, robustness, genetic stability, secretion/folding, tolerance, and other product-specific attributes.
Ensure rigorous strain lineage, construct, sequence, and performance documentation to support reproducibility, technology transfer, regulatory needs, and future IP protection.
Scientific Strategy, Platform Decisions & Program Scoping
Lead early technical assessment of new product opportunities and select appropriate hosts, chassis, expression systems, pathway architectures, screening approaches, and development sequences.
Make and document strategic platform recommendations, including build-versus-license decisions.
Translate business or product objectives into detailed scientific proposals.
Define transparent success criteria for proof-of-concept, strain optimization, fermentation handoff, pilot readiness, and technology transfer.
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📌 Senior Scientist (Hyderabad)
🏢 PreferCo
📍 Hyderabad