Computational Chemist
Core
Provide computational chemistry/modeling support to active drug discovery projects and develop appropriate modeling approaches to drive drug discovery and methods development.
Role type
Senior IC computational chemist (structure-based drug design)
Builds
Drug discovery technologies and modeling approaches for therapeutic discovery
Domain
Pharmaceutical industry + computational chemistry/molecular modeling
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
molecular modeling, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, machine learning, virtual ligand screening, cheminformatics, ADMET modeling, coding/scripting, database management
Preferred skills
postdoctoral experience, pharma/biotech experience, experience in synthetic organic chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, formulation, biochemistry, physical chemistry, or analytical chemistry
Technologies
Schrödinger drug discovery technologies
Responsibilities
Provide computational chemistry/modeling support to active drug discovery projects, troubleshoot computational problems, share knowledge with the Schrödinger Therapeutic Group, work closely with internal software development teams to improve drug discovery technologies
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC