Architect AI Agent for Autonomous Drug Discovery

Owkin; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work organization

Friendly environment

International team

Job summary

Owkin is seeking a visionary ML/AI Scientist to lead the development of its autonomous AI Scientist for drug discovery. You will build agents that reason over biological data, design experiments, and drive therapeutic breakthroughs in a collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment.

The role demands deep expertise in agentic AI, strong Python skills, and a PhD in CS/ML or related field, with a track record of publications and ability to communicate complex ideas to AI and biology teams.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in agentic AI and multi-step reasoning.
• PhD or equivalent in CS/ML or math.
• Strong publication record and cross-disciplinary communication.

Responsibilities

• Architect agentic systems with multi-step reasoning and tool use.
• Bridge AI and wet-lab workflows to design experiments.
• Prototype and iterate agentic architectures for production-grade code.
• Lead scientific conversations at AI-Biology-Chemistry interfaces.

Skills

Agentic AI

Python

LLM reasoning

Tool augmentation

Scientific communication

Education

PhD in Computer Science / ML / Applied Mathematics

Tools

APIs

Databases

Cloud platforms

Job description

Owkin is seeking a visionary ML/AI Scientist to lead the development of its autonomous AI Scientist for drug discovery. You will build agents that reason over biological data, design experiments, and drive therapeutic breakthroughs in a collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment.

The role demands deep expertise in agentic AI, strong Python skills, and a PhD in CS/ML or related field, with a track record of publications and ability to communicate complex ideas to AI and biology teams.