Senior Cheminformatician

My client is a leading Physic-Based Drug Discovery company at the forefront of innovative research and development. They are committed to advancing the discovery and development of novel pharmaceutical compounds that have the potential to transform the treatment of various diseases. They have an interdisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and researchers working collaboratively to leverage cutting-edge technology and computational methods to accelerate drug discovery and improve patient outcomes. As a Senior Cheminformatician, you will play a critical role in the design and optimization of their drug discovery pipeline using advanced cheminformatics and computational techniques.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement machine learning models to predict key properties of compounds, including activity, selectivity, and toxicity.
• Collaborate with data scientists and informaticians to perform feature engineering and optimize datasets for machine learning applications.
• Explore de novo design strategies by leveraging generative models for novel molecule generation.
• Provide expertise in machine learning methodologies and assist in the interpretation of model predictions.
• Stay abreast of advancements in machine learning and propose and implement improvements to existing methodologies.

Background:

• Ph.D. or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Physics or Computational Chemistry, Computational Biology with ML applications.
• Proven expertise in applying machine learning techniques to drug discovery, with a focus on molecular modeling and cheminformatics.
• Proficient in programming languages commonly used in data science and machine learning (e.g., Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Strong understanding of chemical informatics, structural bioinformatics, and medicinal chemistry concepts.
• Experience with cloud-based computing resources and high-performance computing.
• Familiarity with deep learning architectures applied to chemistry and biology.

If you are a Computational Chemist with a passion for integrating machine learning into drug discovery processes, we encourage you to apply and be a key contributor to our mission of advancing healthcare through ground-breaking scientific research.

Following your application Filipa Englefield, a specialist AI recruiter will discuss the opportunity with you in detail. She will be more than happy to answer any questions relating to the industry and the potential for your career growth. The conversation can also progress further to discussing other opportunities, which are also available right now or will be imminently becoming available. This position has been highly popular, and it is likely that it will close prematurely. We recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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Filipa Englefield

Recruitment consultant – Barrington James

Email: fenglefield@Barringtonjames.com