Senior Computational Chemist — Remote Drug Discovery Innovator

Placements24; Noord-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 900.000 - 1.500.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Stock options

Health insurance

Remote-first

Flexible work hours

Professional development

Impact on drug discovery

Zusammenfassung

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Computational Chemist to join a fully remote research team. You will apply advanced computational methods to drug design, predict molecular properties, and guide synthesis decisions alongside medicinal chemists and biologists.

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in a related field with 5+ years in pharmaceutical/biotech, strong experience with Schrödinger/MOE/OpenEye and Python, and a proven track record in structure-based design and data analysis.

Qualifikationen

• PhD in Computational Chemistry, Cheminformatics, or related field.
• 5+ years in computational chemistry within pharma/biotech.
• Proficiency with computational software (Schrodinger, MOE, OpenEye) and modeling techniques.

Aufgaben

• Develop and apply computational chemistry techniques to support drug discovery.
• Design novel molecules and guide synthesis by medicinal chemists.
• Analyze datasets from SAR and high-throughput screening.

Kenntnisse

Python programming

Analytical thinking

Remote collaboration

Ausbildung

PhD in Computational Chemistry

Tools

Schrodinger

MOE

OpenEye

Jobbeschreibung

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Computational Chemist to join a fully remote research team. You will apply advanced computational methods to drug design, predict molecular properties, and guide synthesis decisions alongside medicinal chemists and biologists.

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in a related field with 5+ years in pharmaceutical/biotech, strong experience with Schrödinger/MOE/OpenEye and Python, and a proven track record in structure-based design and data analysis.