Computational Biology & Cheminformatics Expert
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micro1Computational Drug Discovery
RemoteContractSenior
Salary80 - 110 USD per year
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- DockerPythonGitGitHub
Requirements
- Advanced expertise in Computational Biology, Cheminformatics, Medicinal Chemistry, or Biochemistry (advanced degree highly valued).
- Strong coding proficiency in Python with experience building tools, pipelines, or testable code.
- Hands-on experience with Git, GitHub, and Docker.
- Extensive experience with cheminformatics toolkits and platforms such as RDKit, KNIME, Schrödinger, OpenEye, or MOE.
- Proven track record in small-molecule drug discovery, SAR/QSAR evaluation, ADMET prediction, or virtual screening workflows.
- Comfort working with public chemical and bioactivity databases.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex chemical and biological concepts in written feedback.
- Experience participating in multidisciplinary and/or remote projects.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and interpret small-molecule and drug discovery datasets using advanced computational biology, bioinformatics, and cheminformatics methods.
- Curate, annotate, and validate chemical and biological datasets to support AI-driven discovery platforms.
- Evaluate compound-target interactions, ADMET properties, and lead optimization strategies by integrating chemical, biological, and clinical data sources.
- Provide expert insights on structure-activity and structure-property relationships, medicinal chemistry approaches, and experimental design.
- Build and implement code-based benchmark tasks that reflect realistic computational drug discovery scenarios.
- Develop reproducible environments using Docker and automated testing pipelines to ensure task correctness.
- Assess and review AI-generated outputs for scientific rigor, accuracy, and practical relevance.
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