Job DescriptionRole 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.
nKey Responsibilities
nStrain Engineering Leadership & Hands-on Science
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- 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.n
- 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.n
- Develop engineering strategies to improve titer, productivity, yield, robustness, genetic stability, secretion/folding, tolerance, and other product-specific attributes.n
- Ensure rigorous strain lineage, construct, sequence, and performance documentation to support reproducibility, technology transfer, regulatory needs, and future IP protection.n

nScientific Strategy, Platform Decisions & Program Scoping
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- Lead early technical assessment of new product opportunities and select appropriate hosts, chassis, expression systems, pathway architectures, screening approaches, and development sequences.n
- Make and document strategic platform recommendations, including build-versus-license decisions.n
- Translate business or product objectives into detailed scientific proposals.n
- Define transparent success criteria for proof-of-concept, strain optimization, fermentation

📌 Senior Scientist (Hyderabad)
🏢 PreferCo
📍 Hyderabad