Bilingual Research Assistant I, English/Spanish
Vital Research
Research Scientist, Computational Science
Iambic Therapeutics
full-time
Posted on:
Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $110,000 - $138,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
Python
About the role
- We are seeking a skilled and highly motivated Research Scientist to join our Computational Sciences group at the Iambic Therapeutics headquarters in San Diego. You will be a key player in the application of advanced ML techniques to drive our drug discovery efforts.
- Design, train, evaluate and deploy ML models for predicting drug-target interactions and molecular properties
- Apply ML models to the prioritization of virtual molecules: including de novo design ideas, HTE libraries and commercial collections
- Partner with computational chemists, medicinal chemists and biologists to leverage ML insights for decision-making
- Serve as a bridge between the bench and our computational platforms
- Translate scientific questions into computational workflows and deliver actionable results
- Present results to project teams and senior leadership, explaining methods, implications and recommendations
- Collaborate with ML group to optimize model performance and evolve platforms
- Work in cross-functional teams across hit identification, lead optimization, and candidate selection phases
- Iambic is a clinical-stage life-science and technology company developing novel medicines using its AI-driven discovery and development platform.
Requirements
- PhD or equivalent degree in a computational field, or commensurate job experience
- Skills: Python programming, statistics, drug discovery
- Able to locate in San Diego
- PhD or equivalent degree in computational chemistry or machine learning (preferred)
- 2+ years of experience working in a drug discovery project (preferred)
- Experience with molecular modeling/structure-based drug design and cheminformatics (preferred)
