Ready to make an impact? Transform DNA templates into reliable protein data that powers cutting‐edge biotech breakthroughs.

Changing the world—one fruit fly at a time.

We're unleashing the next biorevolution.

We've developed a novel insect-based expression platform to enable bio-products across humanity's most critical verticals.

At Future Fields, we are continually learning and evolving. We know we don't have all the answers, but we try to ask all the questions. We believe in "failing forward" and leveraging our mistakes to help us grow. We never want our team to feel constrained by the status quo and we don't judge ideas based on where they come from. We actively work to foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and psychological safety through transparency, structure, and open communication. We know it sounds cliché, but every employee really is a valued and equal member of the Future Fields team.

We are a rapidly growing venture‐backed startup (with support from awesome investors including Bee Partners, Y Combinator, BDC Climate Tech, R7 Partners, Toyota Ventures and Amplify Capital). We've even had a shoutout from Ironman himself Joining our team now means you'll have the opportunity to shape our culture and products, to lead others, and to influence the direction of our company. Perhaps most importantly, you'll be joining a team that is genuinely energized by this work and the meaningful potential of biotech to change the world.

About the role

We are looking for a hands‐on Protein Biochemistry Technician to run small‐scale protein expression and analytics on our in‐house expression platform - for our clients, and for ourselves.

Most people know us for raising fruit flies at industrial scale to make recombinant proteins. Alongside that,



we run small‐scale protein expression as a service: clients bring us their proteins, and we express them and analyze what comes out. We do the same for our own internal programs, so some weeks your client is the person at the next bench.

Your day runs from template to data: check the DNA templates that arrive, make the mRNA, run the expression, and measure what came out with analytics you trust. When a client or an internal team is waiting on a result, you're the reason it arrives on the day we said it would - and the reason nobody has to ask whether it's right

Most weeks, the job is doing well‐understood things very well: the same expression runs, the same gels, the same assays, set up carefully and documented properly. Some weeks, something won't behave - low yield, a truncated product, two assays that tell different stories: and you'll help work out why, with controls and clean experiments rather than repeats and hope. We need someone who enjoys both, and who knows when a question has been answered well enough to move on.

This role exists because our clients and our own programs both need protein, quickly and reliably, and that only happens when someone owns the work every time, to the same standard, on a timeline people can plan around. All of this work is research grade. That means rigour, controls and records you'd be happy to show anyone.

You'll report to Paige,



Technical Project Manager, as part of our CDMO team. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with platform development scientists and client‐facing project managers. While project managers manage client relationships and deliver final reports, you own the responsibility of ensuring all handed‐over data is accurate and dependable. Like everyone on a small team, you'll also pitch in on other general lab technician duties for the CDMO team as needed.

Like most positions at Future Fields, a solid foundation in biology - specifically biochemistry and molecular biology - is essential. With a team largely composed of people with diverse backgrounds, you'll always have colleagues ready to collaborate and discuss assay results or analyze a gel.

One thing to know up front: this is a bench job. Most of your day is in the lab, with very little desk time, and a valuable share of the work is repetitive by design. If that sounds like a good day, keep reading.

This role will own

Protein expression

- Set up and run small‐scale protein expression on our in‐house platform for client projects and internal programs, on a schedule other people can rely on.
- Bring the same care to the fiftieth run as the first: correct setup and the right controls always.
- Run expression screens across templates and conditions, and report clearly what worked and what didn't.
- Plan your week around deadlines, and flag early when something is at risk of slipping.

mRNA and templates

- Make mRNA by in vitro transcription - capping, purification and RNA QC - with careful RNase‐free technique.
- Receive and QC incoming DNA templates: concentration, integrity, and a check that what arrived is wh

📌 Protein Biochemistry Technician (Edmonton)
🏢 Future Fields
📍 Edmonton