Remote Cheminformatics Scientist: Drug Discovery & SAR

Placements24; Queenstown; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Competitive compensation

Professional development

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly motivated Remote Research Scientist with Cheminformatics expertise to join a drug discovery team. You will apply computational approaches to analyze chemical data and support lead optimization from a fully remote location.

The role emphasizes collaboration with medicinal chemists and biologists, building predictive models, and managing chemical databases. A PhD or MS with 5+ years in cheminformatics is required.

Qualifications

• PhD or MS in Cheminformatics/Computational Chemistry or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of cheminformatics experience in drug discovery.
• Proficiency with RDKit and OpenEye; Python programming.
• Strong communication for remote collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop cheminformatics methods for large chemical libraries and SAR.
• Design virtual screening campaigns to identify hits.
• Build predictive models for properties, ADMET, and activity.
• Collaborate with medicinal chemists and biologists.
• Curate and manage chemical databases ensuring data integrity.
• Stay updated on cheminformatics and ML advances.

Skills

Python programming

RDKit

OpenEye

QSAR / ML for chemicals

Education

PhD in Cheminformatics

MS in Chemistry or related field

Tools

RDKit

OpenEye

Molecular modeling software

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly motivated Remote Research Scientist with Cheminformatics expertise to join a drug discovery team. You will apply computational approaches to analyze chemical data and support lead optimization from a fully remote location.

The role emphasizes collaboration with medicinal chemists and biologists, building predictive models, and managing chemical databases. A PhD or MS with 5+ years in cheminformatics is required.