AI/ML Engineer for Drug Discovery (Remote/Contract)

Vividion Therapeutics, Inc; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Vividion Therapeutics, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a hands-on AI/ML Engineer to apply data science, machine learning, and informatics to drug discovery.

You will work with scientists to translate questions into models, tools, and reproducible workflows across the full lifecycle. The role emphasizes delivering reliable analytical solutions, with opportunities to expand into production AI systems and large language model applications, while collaborating with engineering and research teams in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field.
• At least 4 years of experience applying data science, ML, or informatics to real-world problems.
• Proficiency with Python and SQL and common ML libraries.
• Experience building reproducible workflows, version control, testing, and code review.
• Ability to translate scientific or business questions into technical deliverables.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with researchers and data stakeholders to define high-value use cases and translate questions into ML solutions.
• Build, evaluate, and improve predictive models using structured and unstructured data.
• Develop reproducible data pipelines for data ingestion, cleaning, integration, feature generation, and QC.
• Apply data science, cheminformatics, and related informatics methods to support drug discovery research.
• Document data sources, methods, architectures, experiments, and results for scientific audiences.
• Collaborate with engineering to productionize models and workflows and ensure reliability.
• Implement experiment tracking, model versioning, testing, and monitoring.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data science

Machine learning

Informatics

Data pipelines

Version control

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Job description

Vividion Therapeutics, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a hands-on AI/ML Engineer to apply data science, machine learning, and informatics to drug discovery.

You will work with scientists to translate questions into models, tools, and reproducible workflows across the full lifecycle. The role emphasizes delivering reliable analytical solutions, with opportunities to expand into production AI systems and large language model applications, while collaborating with engineering and research teams in a