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inceptive
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/16/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/16/2026

At Inceptive, you will drive research forward that could help billions of people. To accomplish this, you will be part of a collaborative, antedisciplinary team building our biological software.

If our team of scientists, deep learning researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs sounds like home to you, please tell us what you would contribute in your application.

We value the benefits of in-person collaboration and prefer candidates who can easily and regularly connect at one of our office locations

Please note that our Open Apply is global and you may apply from any location.

Qualifications

  • Availability to accommodate working with team members across different time zones, with one or two meetings per week starting at 8am PT or finishing at 7pm CET
  • Readiness to travel several times a year for company retreats and business events
  • We value the benefits of in-person collaboration and prefer candidates who can easily and regularly connect at one of our office locations

Compensation

$105K – $240K Bonus Equity

What we offer

  • A competitive compensation package
  • 30 days paid vacation per year
  • Comprehensive health insurance for US based Beginners
  • 401K with company match for US based Beginners and Direktversicherung for German Beginners
  • Quarterly company-wide retreats
  • Monthly wellness benefit
  • Budget for multiple visits per year to our offices in Berlin, Palo Alto or Switzerland
  • Learning & Development budget to attend conferences, take courses, or otherwise invest in your professional growth, as well as access to the Learning & Development platform EdX and Hone
  • A buddy to help you get settled

*Varies by country

At Inceptive, we are creating tools to develop increasingly powerful biological software for the rational design of novel, broadly accessible medicines and biotechnologies previously out of reach. Our team brings together vast expertise in molecular biology, machine learning, and software engineering, and we are all working towards becoming antedisciplinary, meaning we deepen the knowledge we have in our area of expertise while also expanding our knowledge of completely new fields.

We approach our goals with a Beginner's mind, humbly and with fresh eyes, and aim to become the pioneers of a new discipline rooted in biology as much as in deep learning, whose impact will be realized together with out-of-the-box thinkers in business and entrepreneurship, defying established categorizations. We are building a company culture centered around growth, learning, and discovery. We believe in humility and open-mindedness in how we approach each other, as well as problems we don't yet have solutions for.

It is the policy of Inceptive to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Inceptive prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.

Inceptive is also committed to welcoming and providing accommodations to people with disabilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout your application process.

Salary : $105,000 - $240,000

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