Senior Cheminformatics Scientist - Hybrid Data Discovery

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Health, dental & vision insurance

Growth & learning opportunities

Access to cutting-edge tools

Job summary

Placements24 invites a Senior Cheminformatician to join our R&D team in Pretoria on a hybrid schedule. You will develop computational tools and predictive models to analyze chemical and biological data, guiding material discovery and experimental planning.

The ideal candidate has a PhD in Cheminformatics or related fields, 5+ years of experience, and expertise in Python, R, or Java with RDKit/SciPy. You will work with chemists and biologists to translate data insights into experiments.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Cheminformatics, Computational Chemistry, Data Science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in cheminformatics or computational chemistry.
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or Java, and experience with scientific libraries (e.g., RDKit, SciPy).
• Experience with machine learning algorithms and their application to chemical data.
• Knowledge of chemical databases, SAR, and property prediction.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy cheminformatics models for compound property prediction, virtual screening, and lead optimization.
• Design and implement databases and workflows for large-scale chemical and biological data.
• Collaborate with chemists and biologists to integrate computational insights into experimental design.
• Analyze complex datasets using machine learning and statistical techniques.
• Develop and maintain cheminformatics software tools and libraries.
• Contribute to scientific literature and present findings at conferences.

Skills

Machine learning

Data analysis

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Ph.D. in Cheminformatics, Computational Chemistry, Data Science, or related field

Tools

Python

R

Java

RDKit

SciPy

Job description

Placements24 invites a Senior Cheminformatician to join our R&D team in Pretoria on a hybrid schedule. You will develop computational tools and predictive models to analyze chemical and biological data, guiding material discovery and experimental planning.

The ideal candidate has a PhD in Cheminformatics or related fields, 5+ years of experience, and expertise in Python, R, or Java with RDKit/SciPy. You will work with chemists and biologists to translate data insights into experiments.