
Research Associate 2, Computational Chemistry
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $86,500 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Contribute to the development of internal machine learning, generative AI, and/or data analysis tools/platforms to support the work of medicinal chemists and/or computational chemists.
- Provide troubleshooting support for the tools/platforms utilized by medicinal chemists and computational chemists.
- Update the fully automated, project-specific data integration as requested for all ongoing drug discovery projects, in collaboration with other team members.
- Collaborate closely with the Computational Chemistry team, the Research IT team and the Chemistry department.
- Act in accordance with Company policies, including, for example, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and ensure policies are understood and followed by direct reports, if any.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Currently a PhD student in chemical engineering, computational chemistry, machine learning or a related field.
- Proficiency in Linux environment and strong programming/scripting skills.
- Experience in any of the following fields: computational chemistry, cheminformatics, machine learning, deep learning, or generative AI.
- Proficient in Knime or capable of acquiring Knime skills.
- Preferred experience in deep learning or generative AI.
- Good oral and written communication skills in English.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a flexible team environment.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision
- short-& long-term disability
- accidental death & dismemberment
- life insurance programs
- Employee Assistance Program
- travel insurance
- retirement savings programs with company matching contributions
- vacation, personal days, sick days
- end-of-year company shutdown
- Tuition Assistance program for advanced degrees
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learninggenerative AIdata analysiscomputational chemistrycheminformaticsdeep learningprogrammingscriptingLinuxdata integration
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationflexibility