Senior Research Scientist - Machine Learning & Biopharma
Remote, USA; Remote, UK; Remote, Europe
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SandboxAQ
SandboxAQ is an enterprise SaaS company combining AI + Quantum tech to solve hard problems impacting society.Ready to join the AQ era?
SandboxAQ is solving challenging problems with AI + Quantum for positive impact. We partner with global leaders in government, academia, and the private sector to identify applications that would benefit from quantum-based applications to current and future commercial challenges. We engage with customers early and throughout the development process to improve market fit.
Our team’s unique approach enables cross-pollination across a diverse range of fields, from physics, computer science, neuroscience, mathematics, cryptography, natural sciences and more! Our success comes from coalescing diverse talent to create an environment where experimental thinking and collaboration yield breakthrough AI + Quantum solutions. Join a culture where thought leadership, diverse talent, employee engagement, and technological impact will create the next tech uproar.
We are deeply committed to education as a means to advance quantum solutions and computing initiatives. We invest in future talent through internship programs, research papers, developer tools, textbooks, educational talks/events and partnerships with universities/talent hubs to attract multi-disciplinary talent. Our hope is to inspire people from all walks of life to be prepared for the quantum era and encourage a path in STEM.
About the Role
SandboxAQ is seeking a highly motivated Senior ML Research Scientist to contribute their structure-based drug design expertise to our drug discovery team. The successful candidate will drive and contribute to cutting-edge research at the intersection of machine learning, biophysics, and quantum physics, support milestone delivery of customer engagements, and initiate, contribute to, and support the development of PoCs. Areas of specific interest include protein-ligand co-folding, ligand docking, and other machine-learning-based techniques related to structural biology and drug discovery. The successful candidate will be crucial in advancing the AQBioSim R&D roadmap, securing novel customer engagements, and developing key differentiated technology to support the long-term success of SandboxAQ and its AQBioSim division.
What You’ll Do
- Research, develop, and implement modern deep learning approaches to relevant structure-based drug design problems in biopharma and drug discovery, in particular
- Development and implementation of generative AI frameworks (diffusion models, transformers, autoencoders aso) into functioning PoCs
- Development, implementation, and extension of ML methods for structure prediction such as AlphaFold, openFold, RosettaFold, uMol, or similar
- Contribution to the development of machine-learned force fields for classical simulation of molecular systems with applications in biopharma, material science, and more
- Develop and implement novel machine learning algorithms and computational models to analyze diverse biomedical datasets, including genomics, proteomics, ADME-tox, and more
- Evaluate the performance of machine learning models through rigorous validation and benchmarking against known data
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams of medicinal chemists, computational chemists, physicists, and engineers in the area of machine learning for drug discovery, chemistry, and material science
- Depending on experience: provide technical mentor ship and guidance to junior scientists, advise on projects and project roadmaps
- Create and lead ML research projects
- Support of client engagements
- Development and implementation of bespoke ML software solutions for client engagements
- Participation in client meetings, presentation of scientific results
- Stay abreast of the latest advancements in machine learning, cheminformatics, and biopharmaceutical research, and integrate relevant methodologies into ongoing projects.
- Write patents and publications highlighting the latest developments
- Attend conferences and participate in scientific collaborations
About You:
- PhD (or equivalent) in computer science, computational chemistry, computational physics, or any related field with a focus on machine learning
- 3-5 years (including PhD) of relevant research experience
- Proven experience applying ML to structure-based drug design as evidenced e.g. by co-authorship of research publications
- Proven track record of developing ML algorithms, in particular, deep learning approaches to structure prediction, force field development, and similar
- Strong communication skills and experience presenting scientific results to less educated audiences
- Excellent knowledge of modern DL architectures such as diffusion models, transformer models, flow-based networks, variational autoencoders, and similar
- Proficiency in programming languages and frameworks commonly used in machine learning and data analysis, such as Python or Julia, with relevant libraries and frameworks (e.g. jax, TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, or others)
- Experience with software development in a dynamic startup environment, i.e. fluency with git, GitHub, cloud computing, coding best practices, code review a.s.o.
- Comfortable with navigating priorities in a dynamic startup environment
SandboxAQ welcomes all.
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees' personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can’t go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in quantum technology. We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more. Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Accommodations: we provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰
Tags: Architecture Biology Chemistry Computer Science Data analysis Deep Learning Diffusion models Drug discovery Generative AI Git GitHub JAX Julia Machine Learning Mathematics ML models PhD Physics Python PyTorch R R&D Research Scikit-learn STEM TensorFlow Transformers
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