Ginkgo Bioworks
Hiring · 20 open jobsGeneral information
Ginkgo Bioworks designs microbes and bacteria for industrial use through genetic engineering. Its Build Your Own Lab offering gives customers hardware and software to build automated labs. Its Cloud Lab service lets customers run experiments remotely on Ginkgo's automated lab in Boston. Ginkgo Solutions offers custom project design and experiment services for pharmaceutical and biotech customers such as Novartis, Pfizer, Bayer, and Biogen. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Five MIT scientists, Tom Knight, Jason Kelly, Reshma Shetty, Barry Canton, and Austin Che, founded Ginkgo Bioworks in 2008. The company went public on the NYSE under the ticker DNA through a SPAC merger on September 17, 2021. It grew from a small group of scientists into a public company that serves more than 130 customers, so people who join work alongside both lab scientists and software engineers.
Currently, there's a total of 19 job openings at Ginkgo Bioworks. Over the last 30 days, 16 jobs were added and 1 was removed (job postings usually stay up ~6 days before being removed). Ginkgo Bioworks is a top-tier H-1B sponsor.1
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Does Ginkgo Bioworks sponsor visas? Using USCIS data, we've collected the number of H-1Bs granted from 2021 to 2023 as well as the number of petitions they've requested so far this year. Ginkgo Bioworks is a top employer for applicants who require sponsorship. Currently, they have 6 jobs certified for sponsorship in 2026, at a median pay of $122,004.3
Visa petitions approved each year (USCIS)3
| Fiscal year | Approved |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | 47 |
| FY2022 | 26 |
| FY2023 | 5 |
Based on public USCIS and Department of Labor records. Past filings do not guarantee future sponsorship. Browse all H1B sponsors →
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Is Ginkgo Bioworks hiring now?
Yes. There are 20 open jobs.
Does Ginkgo Bioworks sponsor H-1B visas?
Yes. Government records show 6 jobs certified for FY2026, at a median pay of $122,004.
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- 1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from Ginkgo Bioworks's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
- 2. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on Ginkgo Bioworks's own hiring system; last check September 12, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
- 3. Federal visa records. USCIS H1B Employer Data Hub and US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files, matched to this company by name.
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