We believe Cells can theoretically produce almost anything, from fabrics to food, fuel and medicines.
Designing cell-factories is hard, but our tools and machine-learning models can make it easier.
Our mission is to ultimately help replace traditional farms and factories for a more sustainable world.
Jobs: https://jobs.cradle.bio

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Cradle is a biotechnology company that specializes in protein engineering using machine learning technology. It enables the design of improved variants of target protein sequences with ease, optimizing properties like enzyme activity, thermostability, solvent stability, solubility, and substrate specificity. The platform streamlines the process by integrating lab data and predictive performance scores, helping fast-track the development of proteins, such as enzymes, vaccines, peptides, and antibodies. Trusted by leading biotech teams, Cradle is designed to fit seamlessly into existing workflows while keeping data and intellectual property secure.

We believe Cells can theoretically produce almost anything, from fabrics to food, fuel and medicines. Designing cell-factories is hard, but our tools and machine-learning models can make it easier. Our mission is to ultimately help replace traditional farms and factories for a more sustainable world.

Jobs: https://jobs.cradle.bio

• Own Cradle's annual events calendar and strategy, identifying which conferences to attend, sponsor, or skip and where to create our own 'spotlight' moments
• Conceive and produce Cradle-hosted events: workshops, symposia, executive dinners, scientific roundtables, and partner activations
• Build programming that positions Cradle scientists and leadership as thought leaders in computational protein design
• Leverage your existing network to connect Cradle with key opinion leaders, conference organizers, and industry influencers
• Cultivate relationships with event partners across pharma, biotech, and academic communities
• Stay ahead of the conference landscape—understanding which events matter, what formats are resonating, and where Cradle should show up next
• Lead end-to-end execution for priority events, managing vendors, budgets, and timelines
• Coordinate with marketing on event messaging, collateral, and follow-up campaigns
• Track event ROI and gather insights to continuously improve our approach

Marketing Events Manager

Marketing Events Manager at Cradle leading events strategy and presence in biopharma and biotech communities. Conceiving and executing events to position Cradle as a thought leader in AI-driven protein engineering.

people-operations

**This is Cradle**Proteins are the molecular machines of life, used for many therapeutic, diagnostic, chemical, agricultural and food applications. Designing and optimizing proteins takes a lot of expert knowledge and manual effort, through the use of custom computational and biological tools.

Machine learning is revolutionizing this space, by enabling high-fidelity protein models. At Cradle, we offer a software platform for AI-guided discovery and optimization of proteins, so that biologists can design proteins faster and at scale. We are already used by clients across biopharma, biotech, agri-tech, food-tech, and academia.

We're an experienced team of around 75 people. We've built many successful products before and have enough funding for multiple years of runway. We are distributed across two main locations, Zurich and Amsterdam, and are focused on building the best possible team culture.

We offer our employees a very competitive salary, a generous equity stake in the company and a wide range of benefits and career progression opportunities.

**The Role**As our People Operations Manager, you are the architect of our internal team experience and our corporate foundation. Reporting to the COO,you will be driving our People Operations and the employee experience by balancing high-touch people management with high-stakes Business Operations.. We are looking for a sharp, analytically-minded "fast-riser" who wants to master the internal mechanics of a Series B startup—from scaling our employee engagement and global benefits to managing equity grants and corporate governance.

**Key Responsibilities**
- **People Operations**: Own the end-to-end execution of the employee lifecycle, from seamless contracting and visa renewals to coordinating laptop procurement and supporting our monthly payroll and benefits cycles. Build and improve the operational systems that underpin People Ops and Business Ops: documenting processes, closing gaps, and designing workflows that hold up as we scale.

- **Global Benefits**: Serve as the primary point of contact for our team’s benefits across the Netherlands and Switzerland, as well as managing the ongoing coordination for our growing US and remote teams.

- **Employee Experience & Analytics**: Manage the administration and analysis of our employee engagement surveys. You will use these insights to execute initiatives that elevate the daily experience of being a "Cradler."

- **Investor Relations & Equity**: Act as the custodian of Cradle’s equity records and shareholder registries. You will administer employee grants and provide critical support during fundraising cycles by managing our investor data rooms.

- **Various Operations Projects**: Contribute to high-impact initiatives that transition from design to reality. Current priorities include a total overhaul of our Knowledge Management structure, setting up the US office operational footprint, and leading specific pension reviews.

**Requirements****Must-haves:**

- 2–4 years of experience in an operational, generalist, or analytical role with a lean to people empathy (e.g., startup ops, consulting, or project management).

- A track record of building or improving processes in fast-changing startup environments. You're quick to spot something sub-optimal, designed a fix, and see it through.

- Comfort connecting the dots across different operational domains (People, Finance, Legal). You understand how a change in one area ripples into others.

- High "numerical intuition": Comfort with Excel/Google Sheets for managing data-heavy tasks like equity grants, payroll inputs, or survey analysis.

- A versatile communicator who can handle sensitive employee topics with empathy and technical legal documents with precision.

- Ability to be in the Amsterdam or Zurich office at least 3 days a week.

**Nice-to-haves:**

- Experience with equity/ESOP platforms (e.g., Ledgy, Carta).

- Prior exposure to Dutch or Swiss labor regulations.

People Operations Manager

People Operations Manager balancing people management and business operations at Cradle. Driving engagement and global benefits for an innovative protein optimization platform.

brand-designer

• Own Cradle's entire visual identity, acting as the developer and guardian of Cradle’s visual DNA.
• Set the creative direction for Cradle and build a high-performing design function.
• Own all visual output while maintaining a hands-on approach with critical, high-impact projects.
• Unify Cradle’s Visual DNA, ensuring a cohesive identity across the product platform, website, and marketing materials.
• Act as the ultimate visual quality bar-setter for critical company initiatives.
• Establish visual design as a formal function at Cradle, defining the roadmap.
• Partner with Marketing, ML, Product, and Biology teams to provide art direction.
• Oversee the budget and creative direction for external resources.
• Influence how the brand comes to life physically, from office aesthetics to how the team presents itself.

Brand Design Lead

Brand Design Lead managing Cradle's visual identity, guiding design for a biotech company. Responsible for creative direction and establishing high-quality visual standards.

software-engineer

• spearhead building Cradle Academy: the educational foundation that empowers scientists to master protein engineering with AI
• create the curriculum, content, and hands-on learning experiences that transform how researchers adopt and succeed with Cradle's platform
• work closely with Customer Success, Sales, Product and Machine Learning Research teams to produce accessible technical guides, instructional content, build practical demo environments, design interactive workshops, and establish best practices that accelerate time-to-value for computational and experimental scientists alike
• ensure that every scientist, regardless of their computational background, can confidently design better proteins with Cradle

Scientific Education Developer

Cradle Academy Developer at Cradle creating educational materials and hands-on experiences for scientists mastering protein engineering with AI. Collaborating with teams to enhance educational content and outcomes.

backend-engineer

• Designing and developing a service-oriented decoupled web application
• Architecting the manipulation and storage of biological sequence data
• Architecting the APIs across which we interact with machine learning models
• Providing technical leadership for a high-quality software engineering process
• Collaborating with biologists, machine learning experts, and scientists

Backend Software Engineer, Python

Backend Software Engineer at Cradle designing a platform for optimizing biological systems using AI-guided discovery. Collaborating with scientists to develop service-oriented decoupled web applications in Zürich and Amsterdam.

designer

• Work closely with Cradle customers to advise on identifying protein optimisation projects within their portfolios that are best suited to the Cradle platform.
• Help translate scientific goals of projects into objectives for the Cradle platform.
• Ensure quality/formatting of customer data is suitable for machine learning.
• Train scientists to use Cradle’s platform.
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure our platform outputs optimal protein designs to customers.
• Present reports to help the customer interpret and assess platform outputs and forecasts.
• Provide recommendations to inform go/no-go decisions and devise the most effective strategy for their projects.

Scientific Consultant, Computational Protein Design

Scientific Consultant in computational protein design helping biotech companies achieve protein design goals. Utilizing Cradle’s AI platform and collaborating across engineering and product teams for customer success.

• Designing and developing a service-oriented decoupled web application, which exposes advanced machine learning models to scientific end users.
• Implementing lightweight and modularized web-based user interfaces and visualizations.
• Architecting database designs to effectively store customer data.
• Owning large parts of the software design and development process.
• Building modern documentation stacks which automatically stay up-to-date.
• Collaborating with biologists, machine learning experts, and scientists alike.

Full Stack Software Engineer, Python/React

Full stack software engineer designing and developing AI-guided platform for optimizing biological systems. Collaborating with biologists and machine learning experts for innovative solutions.

We believe Cells can theoretically produce almost anything, from fabrics to food, fuel and medicines. Designing cell-factories is hard, but our tools and machine-learning models can make it easier. Our mission is to ultimately help replace traditional farms and factories for a more sustainable world. Jobs: https://jobs.cradle.bio

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