Laboratory Technician

Additional Information

​​​​​​iLOF in a nutshell 💡

As personalized medicine becomes the norm, scientists, patients, and healthcare systems worldwide face massive barriers in providing the right treatment to the right patient.

Recognized by CB Insights and Financial Times as one of the most promising Digital Health companies in the world, iLOF is building an AI-powered platform capable of transforming precision medicine.

Our goal is to become the platform that democratizes access to personalized medicine for millions of people living with complex diseases around the globe.

Thanks to our proprietary optical fingerprint library of disease biomarkers and biological profiles we can offer personalized patient screening and stratification in a faster and more affordable way, saving up to 40% of the cost and 70% of the time while enabling a more human patient experience.

Supported by leading institutions like Microsoft Ventures, Mayfield, and the Oxford University, iLOF is currently focusing on validating its platform technology in one of the biggest challenges of our times: Alzheimer's, while maintaining ongoing verticals on Digestive Cancer, Stroke, and Infectious diseases.
 

Our Team 🧑🏻‍💻

We are a mix of scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors based in London and Porto, with a passion for healthcare!

Recognized by CB Insights as one of the most promising Digital Health companies in the world and by the Financial Times as a Transformational Business in Healthcare, iLOF has been regularly featured in leading outlets like Tech Crunch, Wired, and Sifted and listed as a rising star in AI-Driven Drug Discovery, Health Screening & Data Analytics.
 

What we value

• A Be Kind attitude is the main guideline within iLoF

• A hand in the hammer and another free to support your co-workers as a true team player

• An honest and egoless attitude towards discussions and critics working in good faith

• The braveness to speak your heart in any situation

• Through words or actions be always sure to make a difference at any moment!

• Be proud to drive your responsibilities to success and help others do the same, embracing ownership!
   

Perks 😉

• An exciting future with a deep-tech company selected by Financial Times and CB Insights as one of the most transformative companies in the world

• A high‑paced, flexible environment: adaptable working hours, strong remote work culture

• A stimulating atmosphere with room for creativity – fast‑paced, fun, and energetic start‑up with a friendly culture

• Weekly happy hours with amazing food and drinks

• Free coffee and snacks ☕

• The opportunity to work with a world‑class, talented team – and potentially change healthcare as we know it for millions of patients living with complex diseases around the globe 🧑‍⚕️
   

We share a passion for being part of a mission that matters, and we are always looking for curious and collaborative people who share our values and want to be part of our journey.

If that sounds like a fit for you, click the apply button and join us.

You’ve read all this way but you’re missing a skill or two? No problem, it’s our job to upskill you to take your career to the next level. What we’re trying to say is, don’t be afraid to apply if you don’t tick all the boxes.

Company Description

Join iLOF to run the samples behind a new kind of blood test. Our Optomics® platform combines optical spectroscopy and AI to detect disease signatures in blood plasma, and we are moving from research towards validated tests, including a lung cancer blood test.

You will join our lab team to prepare and measure clinical plasma samples, keep our data high quality and learn the whole process end to end, from sample receipt to the data our scientists use to build models.

Job Description

• Receive, log, store and prepare plasma samples following our SOPs, including −80 °C storage, thawing, centrifugation and visual quality checks (for example haemolysis, lipaemia, bubbles).

• Run FTIR (and, where needed, Raman) measurements and quality-control checks on our instruments.

• Keep accurate records of samples, measurements, QC, maintenance and any deviations; escalate problems that may affect results.

• Help maintain the lab: consumables, equipment cleaning and basic maintenance, environmental monitoring.

• Support validation runs and studies with the Biology and Data Science teams.

• Suggest improvements to protocols as you learn the process.
   

Qualifications

Who we are looking for

You are careful, organised and enjoy hands-on lab work. You follow procedures precisely, notice when something looks wrong and want to understand why each step matters.
 

Qualifications

Must have

• Degree in biomedical science, clinical analysis, biology, biochemistry or a related field.

• Hands-on lab experience handling biological samples, ideally blood, plasma or serum.

• Comfortable working to SOPs and keeping precise records.

• Good English; Portuguese is a plus.
   

Advantageous

• Experience in a clinical or accredited laboratory.

• Experience with spectroscopy or other instrument-based assays.

• Interest in data and how measurements turn into models.
   

The opportunity

Learn how a new diagnostic is built from the bench up, in a small team where your work directly affects the quality of our results.