Job Description
Altos Labs is seeking a Cheminformatics Scientist to join their Chemistry and DMPK Drug Discovery team. This role is crucial for advancing drug discovery efforts through the design, implementation, and optimization of cheminformatics and machine learning tools for small molecules and antisense oligonucleotides. The successful candidate will collaborate with Medicinal Chemists, DMPK scientists, Biologists, and IT/informatics colleagues to support molecular design and data analysis.
Role involves:
- Providing cheminformatics expertise to project teams.
- Developing tools and workflows for data query, extraction, and interpretation.
- Collaborating on computational chemistry and ML tools.
- Building and maintaining tools for oligonucleotide design and analysis.
- Maintaining cheminformatics codebases.
Requirements:
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, Cheminformatics, or related field (or non-Ph.D. with 8+ years experience).
- Expertise in cheminformatics principles and techniques.
- Experience in informatics and computational chemistry.
- Proficiency in data processing, analysis, and visualization software (e.g., KNIME, Spotfire).
- Strong Python programming skills.
Altos Labs offers:
- A collaborative and scientifically excellent culture.
- Equal employment opportunities.
- A dynamic and cross-functional environment.