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/yr OnsiteFull Time
Novartis
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
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Data Science, Cheminformatics & AI: Lab-in-the-Loop Hit Finding
San Diego, California, United States
$139k-$257k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Novartis
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.
Linux, Python, SQL, Enamine REAL
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Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Computational Chemistry
San Francisco, California, United States
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General Proximity
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.
Schrödinger, MOE, CCDC tools, ChemAxon, KNIME, Pipeline Pilot, RDKit, DataWarrior, Spotfire, AlphaFold, Python
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Technical Product Manager, Chemistry IT Systems
Spring House or San Diego or La Jolla or Beerse
$102k-$177k/yr HybridFull Time
Johnson & Johnson
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.
KNIME, Pipeline Pilot, Schrödinger, BIOVIA, Revvity, OpenEye, ChemAxon, RDKit, Oligokit, Spotfire, ETL, AI, machine learning
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Senior Computational Chemist
La Jolla, California, United States
$106k-$177k/yr HybridFull Time
Pfizer
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.
Python, RDKit, numpy, pandas, SQL, RestAPI, GitHub, SLURM, AWS, GCP, GitHub Copilot
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Staff Engineer, Chemical Search
San Diego, California, United States
$180k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Satomic
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
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Advisor - Agent Research
San Francisco or Indianapolis or San Diego or Boston or South San Francisco
$152k-$222k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Eli Lilly and Company
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.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, Hugging Face, PPO, GRPO, DPO, RLHF, RLAIF, TRL, RDKit, MLflow, OpenAI Agent SDK, Anthropic Agent SDK, LangChain, Smol agents, AWS, Azure, Nextflow, Argo, Kubernetes, GitHub, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP
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Post Doc Scientist, Structural Biology and Chemistry
Foster City, California, United States
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Gilead Sciences
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.
Python, RDKit, OpenEye, Schrodinger
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Machine Learning Scientist - Synthesis Planning and Optimization
South San Francisco or San Francisco or Welwyn or Basel
$148k-$311k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Roche
RocheSIX Swiss Exchange: ROG: Roche provides innovative pharmaceutical and diagnostic healthcare solutions.
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.
RDKit, Openeye, Python, PyTorch, JAX, GitHub, GitLab
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Scientific Director, Computational Chemistry
San Diego, California, United States
$218k-$298k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Neurocrine Biosciences
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.
Knime, Schrödinger, OpenEye, MOE
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Machine Learning Scientist - Agents for Applied Small Molecule Drug Design
San Francisco or South San Francisco or Welwyn or Basel
$148k-$311k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Roche
RocheSIX Swiss Exchange: ROG: Provides innovative pharmaceutical and diagnostic healthcare solutions.
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.
Python, LangChain, PyTorch, JAX, RDKit, OpenEye, LLM, GNNs, sequence models, language models, reinforcement learning, GitHub, GitLab
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Technical Product Manager, Chemistry IT Systems
Spring House or San Diego or Beerse or La Jolla
$102k-$177k/yr HybridFull Time
Johnson & Johnson
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.
KNIME, Pipeline Pilot, Schrödinger, BIOVIA, Revvity, OpenEye, ChemAxon, RDKit, Oligokit, Spotfire, ETL, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Computational Chemistry
South San Francisco, California, United States
$196k-$242k/yr HybridFull Time
IDEAYA Biosciences
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.
Schrödinger, MOE, OpenEye, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Molecular Dynamics, Quantum Mechanics, Cheminformatics, Programming, Scripting, Statistics, Data Analysis