Senior Cheminformatics Scientist, Drug Discovery Leader

Placements24; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Performance bonuses

Training and conference support

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior Cheminformatics Scientist to lead computational chemistry efforts in East London, driving drug discovery through predictive modeling, virtual screening, and data integration. You will collaborate with medicinal chemists and biologists to accelerate candidate identification, optimize workflows, and maintain robust data pipelines.

The role requires a PhD and 5+ years in industry, with strong Python programming and hands-on experience in RDKit/OpenEye, SAR, and machine

Qualifications

• PhD in Cheminformatics, Computational Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Computer Science, or related field.
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Skills

Python programming

Molecular modeling

SAR analysis

Virtual screening

Data analysis

Machine learning

Communication

Independent work

Education

PhD in Cheminformatics/Computational Chemistry/ Pharmaceutical Sciences/ Computer Science

Tools

RDKit

OpenEye

SQL

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior Cheminformatics Scientist to lead computational chemistry efforts in East London, driving drug discovery through predictive modeling, virtual screening, and data integration. You will collaborate with medicinal chemists and biologists to accelerate candidate identification, optimize workflows, and maintain robust data pipelines.

The role requires a PhD and 5+ years in industry, with strong Python programming and hands-on experience in RDKit/OpenEye, SAR, and machine