(Full Time) Computational Chemist at PostEra (United States) | BEAMSTART Jobs
Computational Chemist
PostEra, United States
Date Posted: 31 Oct, 2022
Work Location: Boston, United States
Salary Offered: $120,000 — $180,000 yearly
Job Type: Full Time
Experience Required: 3+ years
Remote Work: No
Stock Options: Yes
Vacancies: 1 available
What is the Role?
A computational chemist with familiarity in structure-based design and chemoinformatics, who will help drive drug discovery projects. In addition to working on projects, you will work closely with medicinal chemists and software developers to develop computational platforms that accelerate compound design and synthesis.
Required
- PhD in computational chemistry, chemoinformatics, medicinal chemistry, or a related discipline.
- At least 3 years of experience in biopharma.
- Experience with using (preferably open source) computational chemistry/chemoinformatics tools, e.g. RDKit, OpenMM, AutoDock Vina, as part of a small-molecule drug discovery campaign.
- Knowledge of computational chemistry techniques such as MD (including FEP) and docking.
- Strong scientific programming skills using Python.
Desired
- Familiarity with machine learning and deep learning approaches to molecule design and property prediction.
- Experience in working with engineers to create cloud-deployable chemoinformatics/computational chemistry workflows.
About PostEra
PostEra is building a modern biopharma, using machine learning to accelerate medicinal chemistry, to develop cures for diseases faster. We've raised $26M from top investors, secured a $68M NIH partnership to prevent pandemics, and established a $260M partnership with Pfizer. We also launched and help lead the world's largest open-science initiative to find a COVID antiviral: COVID Moonshot.
Company Size: 11 - 50 People
Year Founded: 2019
Country: United States
Company Status: Actively Hiring
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