Remote Senior Cheminformatics Scientist—Drug Discovery

Placements24

Gqeberha

Hybrid

ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000

Full time

28 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Home office stipend

Equipment support

Online courses & virtual conferences

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Placements24 is partnering with a pioneering biotechnology firm to appoint a Senior Cheminformatics Scientist for a fully remote position. You will apply computational chemistry, data science, and cutting‑edge ML to accelerate discovery and optimization of therapeutic candidates, collaborating with medicinal chemists, biologists, and bioinformaticians across distributed teams.

The ideal candidate holds a PhD in Cheminformatics, Computational Chemistry, or a related field, with 7+ years of

Qualifications

PhD in Cheminformatics, Computational Chemistry, Computer Science, or related field with strong computational focus.
7+ years in cheminformatics or computational chemistry within pharma/biotech.
Expertise in chemical data representation, databases, and SAR analysis.
Strong programming with Python/R and RDKit/OpenBabel.
Experience with molecular modeling software and SMILES.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement advanced cheminformatics methods for drug discovery.
Design, build, and maintain large‑scale chemical and biological databases.
Apply ML and statistical techniques to analyze chemical structures and activity data.
Develop predictive models for activity, ADMET, and synthetic feasibility.
Collaborate with medicinal chemistry and biology teams on design and optimization.
Create and manage workflows for high‑throughput screening data analysis.
Develop and deploy cheminformatics software tools and platforms.
Stay abreast of最新 advances in cheminformatics and drug discovery.
Communicate findings and contribute to research publications.