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Principle Scientist - Cheminformatics

UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-02 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop, integrate, and embed advanced computational methods and predictive in silico models to accelerate medicine discovery using large proprietary datasets.

Role type

Principal Scientist (Cheminformatics & Computational Chemistry)

Builds

BRADSHAW automated design platform, production-quality code for cheminformatics/quantum chemistry methods, and agent-driven workflows combining LLMs with cheminformatics tools.

Domain

Biopharma / Drug Discovery / Cheminformatics / Computational Chemistry

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Cheminformatics, Computational Chemistry, Machine Learning, Quantum Mechanics, Python, Java, C/C++, R, ChemAxon, RDKit, Pipeline Pilot, KNIME

Preferred skills

Deep Neural Networks (DNN) for de-novo generation, Bayesian optimization, Quantum Mechanical methods (DFT, QM/MM), Agentic AI/LLM-orchestrated workflows, 3D protein-ligand methods (docking, MD, FEP), HPC/Cloud tooling

Responsibilities

Build and validate ML models for go/no-go decisions; prototype agent-driven workflows; integrate predictive models with drug discovery teams; contribute production-quality code; present validation results to non-experts.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship

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