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Senior Principal Scientist, Agentic Systems Development for Drug Discovery

Boston, MA💼 Full-time💰 $168,000–$168,000🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop, test, and deploy agentic AI systems and scientific computational methods to enhance drug discovery workflows for small molecules and protein therapeutics.

Role type

Senior Principal Scientist (Agentic AI & Drug Discovery)

Builds

AI-enabled scientific workflows and production-grade agentic AI solutions for drug discovery

Domain

Biotechnology / Computational Drug Discovery / Agentic AI

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Agentic AI development, Cheminformatics, Small molecule computational methods, Scientific software development, Python, Machine Learning foundations, System design, CI/CD, DevOps, Large language models, Retrieval-augmented workflows

Preferred skills

Multi-step reasoning, AI agent orchestration, Generative AI technologies, Cross-functional collaboration

Technologies

Python, Large language models, Agentic systems, Retrieval-augmented workflows

Responsibilities

Translate scientific requirements into autonomous agentic AI solutions; Build and deploy AI solutions for small molecule and protein therapeutics; Design testing and validation strategies for agentic AI systems; Apply DevOps and compliance best practices for production delivery; Prototype new agentic AI capabilities to evaluate scientific impact.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship

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