Senior Scientific Analyst - Cheminformatics AI/ML

WuXi AppTec; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

WuXi AppTec Group is seeking a Senior Scientific Analyst in Cheminformatics AI/ML to integrate chemistry, cheminformatics, pharmaceutics and machine learning for in-depth analysis of synthetic chemistry and related markets.

You will build scalable search, ingest data, enable similarity analytics, and develop agentic AI workflows that combine literature, data analysis and computational tools, collaborating with technical leaders on complex projects.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required; PhD preferred; 2+ years in pharma/biotech setting.
• Strong expertise in cheminformatics toolkits and scalable data engineering/search.
• Experience applying machine learning and agentic AI in drug/pharma analysis.
• Adequate knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and CRDMO ecosystem.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work with interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and enable efficient search/analytics across large chemical databases and datasets.
• Develop and apply agentic AI solutions for drug and pipeline analytics.
• Stay updated with trends in computational chemistry and ML for pharma.
• Communicate with technical leaders on complex projects.

Skills

Cheminformatics expertise

Data engineering & search

Machine learning in pharma

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree in chemistry/comp/cheminformatics or related field

Tools

Cheminformatics toolkits

Large chemical databases platforms

Job description

Overview

Senior Scientific Analyst - Cheminformatics AI/ML

Position Purpose: We are recruiting a skilled cheminformatics professional who can integrate chemistry, cheminformatics, pharmaceutics, and machine learning to enable in-depth analysis of synthetic chemistry, pharmaceutics, and related markets. This is a domain expert role that requires strong scientific background and is able to conduct in-depth cheminformatics-related analysis and data management.

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build, maintain, and enable efficient search and analytics across large chemical databases and datasets, including data ingestion, indexing, similarity analysis and high-performance search.
• Develop and apply agentic AI solutions for drug and pipeline analytics, including autonomous or human-in-the-loop workflows that integrate scientific literatures, data analysis, and computational tools.
• Stay updated with emerging trends in computational chemistry and machine learning as applied to pharmaceutical drug development and market analytics.
• Communicate and work effectively with technical leaders on complex, expert-level technical projects and matters

Qualifications

• Master’s degree is required, preferably a Ph.D. in chemistry, computational chemistry, cheminformatics, or related scientific or technical field, with 2+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotech setting preferred.
• Strong expertise in cheminformatics toolkits. Demonstrated experience managing and searching large chemical databases and datasets using scalable data engineering and high-performance search technologies.
• Experience applying machine learning and developing agentic AI systems in drug and pharmaceutical analysis.
• Adequate knowledge of the pharmaceutical and CRDMO (Contract Research Development and Manufacturing Organization) industry.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work effectively with interdisciplinary groups.