13 cheminformatics jobs at 10 companies in California
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Data Science, Cheminformatics & AI: Lab-in-the-Loop Hit Finding
San Diego, California, United States
$139k-$257k/yrOnsiteFull Time
NovartisNew York Stock Exchange: NVS: Develops and manufactures innovative prescription medicines for patients.
4+ YOEPhD or equivalent degree with 4+ years post‑graduate experience applying cheminformatics, data science, and ML to hit finding; proficiency in Python, SQL, Linux/HPC/cloud; strong communication and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
Python (Programming Language), Pandas (Python), R (Programming Language), Sql (Structured Query Language), Linux, Enamine REAL
Data Science, Cheminformatics & AI: Lab-in-the-Loop Hit Finding
San Diego, California, United States
$139k-$257k/yrOnsiteFull Time
NovartisSIX Swiss Exchange, NYSE: NOVN, NVS: A global pharmaceutical focused on discovering and developing medicines to improve patients' lives.
4+ YOEPhD or relevant degree with 4+ years post-graduate experience in cheminformatics/data science for hit finding; proficiency in Python, Linux/cloud, SQL; experience with hit-finding, ML, and agentic/self-driving lab workflows.
General Proximity: Develops proximity-based medicines to treat undruggable disease proteins.
3+ YOEPhD-preferred computational chemist with 3+ years in pharma/biotech, hands-on SBDD and ligand-based design, experience with cheminformatics, AI/ML molecular design, Python and RDKit, and cross-functional collaboration.
Johnson & JohnsonNYSE: JNJ: Provides pharmaceutical products and medical technology healthcare solutions.
5+ YOEBachelor's degree in chemistry, life science, or data science required; 5+ years in pharmaceutical R&D molecular discovery; experience with scientific IT, cheminformatics, databases, KNIME or Pipeline Pilot, chemistry software, and analytics tools.
PfizerNYSE: PFE: Develops and manufactures vaccines and medicines for global healthcare
Ph.D. (or M.S. with substantial industry experience) in computational chemistry/cheminformatics/computer science; deep cheminformatics knowledge; Python and RDKit experience; numpy/pandas; applied ML experience; data pipeline and prototyping skills.
Satomic: Automating chemical synthesis to accelerate small-molecule drug discovery.
5+ YOEProven production chemistry search system design and implementation; strong cheminformatics tooling experience; proficient in Python; knowledge of retrosynthesis and molecule representations; experience with vector indexes.
RDKit, OpenEye, AiZynthFinder, ASKCOS, Synthia, IBM RXN
San Francisco or Indianapolis or San Diego or Boston or South San Francisco
$152k-$222k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Eli Lilly and CompanyNYSE: LLY: Researches and manufactures medicines for human health.
1+ YOEPhD, or equivalent master's or bachelor's experience, in ML, bioinformatics, cheminformatics, computer science, or related field; 1–2 years scientific AI/ML experience and hands-on AI model training.
Post Doc Scientist, Structural Biology and Chemistry
Foster City, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Gilead SciencesNASDAQ: GILD: Develops and sells medicines for life-threatening infectious diseases.
0+ YOEPh.D. in a relevant field with expertise in AI/ML for drug discovery or computational chemistry, strong Python and ML skills, experience with cheminformatics toolkits, and ability to design and evaluate models and communicate results.
PhD-level researcher with deep ML expertise (GNNs, language models, RL), fluent in Python and ML frameworks, familiarity with synthesis chemistry and cheminformatics (RDKit/Openeye), experience building scalable ML pipelines and publication record.
Neurocrine BiosciencesNASDAQ: NBIX: Develops pharmaceuticals for neurological, endocrine, and psychiatric disorders.
8+ YOEAdvanced degree plus 8+–12+ years computational chemistry drug discovery experience, leadership experience, expertise in molecular modeling, SBDD, cheminformatics, AI/ML, cloud/HPC workflows, and experience integrating computational methods into multidisciplinary teams.
PhD-level ML researcher with experience building LLM-driven agents, strong foundations in ML (GNNs, sequence/language models, RL), fluent in Python, experience with LangChain, PyTorch or JAX, and cheminformatics toolkits (RDKit/OpenEye); record of publications.
Johnson & JohnsonNYSE: JNJ: Develops and manufactures pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices.
5+ YOEBachelor’s degree in chemistry, life science, or data science required; graduate degree preferred. Requires 5+ years in pharmaceutical molecular discovery, database management, and scientific IT or informatics delivery.
Senior Principal Research Scientist, Computational Chemistry
South San Francisco, California, United States
$196k-$242k/yrHybridFull Time
IDEAYA BiosciencesNASDAQ: IDYA: Develops precision medicine oncology therapies for cancer patients.
9+ YOEPhD in computational chemistry or related field, 9+ years of pharmaceutical or biotechnology experience, expertise in computational drug discovery, programming, data analysis, machine learning, and drug design software.