Join us at the forefront of the green transition and shape the future of biotech with 21st.BIO!

At 21st.BIO, we're not just another biotech company, we are the vanguards of a revolution. Fueled by the determination to shape a more sustainable world, we are developing a technology platform that will profoundly disrupt the global landscape. Our dream? To engineer the future of sustainable foods and materials through the art of fermentation.

Our IT team

At 21st.Bio, IT enables the science. Our small team manages everything from cloud infrastructure and endpoints to internal tools and developer platforms. There's always more to build and maintain than there is time — and that's where you come in.

Job Summary

We are looking for a student assistant to join our IT team and contribute to the work that keeps our internal platforms healthy and our scientists well-supported. You will work closely with the rest of the team, assisting with repository maintenance, documentation, pipeline hygiene, and light technical support — contributing to real infrastructure that people depend on daily. You will have clear guidance and support, while also having the space to manage your own time and work independently across the week.

Key contributions include:

Assist in maintaining and improving our internal GitHub repositories — structure, documentation, branching hygiene, and CI/CD pipelines

Assist in keeping our shared template repositories and base images up to date

Assist in creating and maintaining runbooks, SOPs, and onboarding guides for internal tools and infrastructure

Assist in the rollout of internal standards by helping teams adopt shared templates and deployment patterns

Assist with light research and prototyping tasks related to internal tooling and automation

As part of a small IT team in a fast-moving startup, you may occasionally be pulled into tasks outside the areas above — we value flexibility and a can-do attitude when priorities shift

Requirements

We're looking for someone organised and self-driven, with a solid technical foundation and a collaborative attitude.

Key qualifications:

Enrolled in a Bachelor or Master programme in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar

Comfortable with Git and GitHub — branching, pull requests, GitHub Actions

Familiar with containerisation concepts (Docker)

Has built or contributed to something real — a project, a tool, anything that runs somewhere

Familiar with scripting languages and/or basic web service patterns

Able to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical colleagues — you will regularly interact with scientists who need to understand the tools they work with, communication is a core part of this role

Enjoy working as part of a collaborative, motivated team.

Fluent in English, which is our working language across a global team.

It is not just what you know, but how you think!

While your background matters, it’s your mindset that we truly value. Are you agile, service-minded, and proactive, with a can-do attitude and pride in your work? Can you collaborate effectively while maintaining an efficient, clean, and orderly approach? If so, we’re eager to hear from you.

Joining our team means

Personal and professional growth in a hub of innovation and disruptive thinking.

A supportive workplace where your growth, well-being, and empowerment come first.

The opportunity to work alongside a team of industry experts.

A competitive salary and benefits package.

Why 21st.BIO?

We may still be a small company, but we dream big. We're a vibrant consortium of thinkers, researchers, and visionaries bound by the shared dream of a greener tomorrow.

Based in Søborg (Denmark) and Davis (California), we work with our customers to accelerate the World’s quest for new sustainable food and materials. We build a competitive technology and manufacturing foundation to enable the commercialization of new, innovative products that are more sustainable than traditional offerings.

We support our customers from strain development to scale-up, with the objective of bringing their products successfully to market.

Apply now!

Apply today! We’ll close the search once we find the right match, so if you have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to help build a business with the ambition to change the world, we’d love to hear from you.

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