Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry)
Core
Expert medicinal chemist closing the loop between AI-generated hypotheses and experimental data by designing, synthesizing, and characterizing small molecules.
Role type
Senior IC medicinal chemist (life sciences)
Builds
AI-designed molecules and experimental readouts for biological discovery
Domain
Life Sciences / Medicinal Chemistry / AI
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
medicinal chemistry, small molecule synthesis, route selection, reaction optimization, purification, NMR, LC-MS, HPLC, SAR analysis, physicochemical property optimization
Preferred skills
lead optimization, contract research organization (CRO) management, computational chemistry, cheminformatics, Python/RDKit/pandas, AI/ML tools in life sciences
Technologies
NMR, LC-MS, HPLC, Python, RDKit, pandas
Responsibilities
Design multi-step synthetic routes and oversee execution; coordinate synthesis and biological evaluation with external partners; evaluate AI-designed molecules and proposed synthetic routes; apply medicinal chemistry principles for compound design; ensure high-quality experimental data and documentation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC