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Roche

Machine Learning Scientist – Agents for Applied Small Molecule Drug Design

Roche

Machine Learning Scientist developing agentic workflows for small-molecule drug design at Roche. Collaborating with scientists and fine-tuning ML models for drug discovery challenges.

Posted 6/20/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $147,600 - $310,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
PythonPyTorch

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Develop autonomous, LLM-driven agentic workflows that orchestrate ML models, physics-based methods, and cheminformatics tools to accelerate discovery
  • Design, build, and apply agentic workflows and ML models for key challenges in small-molecule drug design
  • Fine-tune foundation models for drug discovery relevant topics using internal and external datasets and tools
  • Optimize agent-derived hypotheses in collaboration with computational and medicinal chemists and structural biologists
  • Drive scientific impact through publications, open-source releases, and conference talks

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Experience developing LLM-driven agents for scientific workflows
  • Strong machine-learning foundations in linear algebra, probability, and optimization
  • Hands-on experience with GNNs, sequence/language models, and reinforcement learning
  • Proficiency in Python and modern agentic coding environments such as LangChain
  • Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX
  • Knowledge of cheminformatics toolkits like RDKit or OpenEye
  • PhD or equivalent research depth in machine learning, computer science, chemical engineering, or related quantitative field
  • Record of scientific excellence evidenced by journal and conference publications or a public portfolio of relevant projects.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance
  • Benefits detailed at the link provided below

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Hard Skills & Tools
LLM-driven agentsmachine learninglinear algebraprobabilityoptimizationGNNssequence modelslanguage modelsreinforcement learningPython
Soft Skills
collaborationscientific impactcommunication
Certifications
PhD