Senior Metabolic Engineer/Strain Developer Cantanhede

Senior Metabolic Engineer/Strain Developer

Carbo
Code (www.carbocode.com) is a biotech company active in technology development of
- containing biomolecules such as oligosaccharides, glycoconjugates, glycolipids and glycoproteins using both in vitro and in vivo biotechnology. Human natural lipid and oligosaccharide
- based food, cosmetic and health care products despite being at high customer demand are currently not available at the market due to the complexity of their synthesis. Carbo
Code is a company that aspires to improve human health and
- being by making human natural lipid and oligosaccharide molecules widely available. Carbo
Code core capabilities spans a variety of technologies spanning through advanced chemical synthesis, to biocatalysis and biotechnological production.

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Metabolic Engineer to join our newly established Metabolic Engineering group at our Portuguese site. In this key role, you will act as a vital link between the established strains from our German site and contribute your unique development expertise. Your responsibilities will include articulating the group’s projects, collaborating with academic institutions, and driving the reconstruction of existing metabolic pathways while pioneering new ones. Our goal is to expand our process portfolio and enhance production efficiency. Your contributions should lead to reliable, scalable production strains, along with patents and/or scientific publications.

Job Description

• Develop new strains for industrial fermentative processes
• Implement known expression systems into appropriate chassis
• Contribute to the development of new expression systems for proprietary molecules
• Test and refine newly developed strains
• Articulate the metabolic engineering team’s projects
• Coordinate with academic collaborators to facilitate research and development efforts

Qualifications and requirements

• Ph
  D in Biotechnology, Bioprocess Engineering, Biochemistry or similar
• Over 5 years of experience in metabolic engineering with a focus on yeasts, molds and fungi
• Expertise in metabolic pathway reconstruction
• Experience with genetic optimization of yeast for industrial processes is a plus
• Understanding of sphingoid bases/ceramides metabolism is a plus

Personal Requirements

• Ability to work within interdisciplinary team structures
• Independent, structured, and proactive way of working with excellent
  - solving skills
• Commitment, flexibility, and reliability
• Ability to understand complex matters with a continuous focus on improvement

Please, send us - preferably by email - your application, salary expectations and your earliest possible availability to jobs@carbocode.com.