Cheminformatics Researcher
CK Group are recruiting for a Cheminformatics Researcher to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry at their site based in Bracknell on a contract basis for 12 months.
Salary:
Hourly £20.20- £28.28 per hour PAYE
Cheminformatics Researcher role:
- Develop and implement cheminformatics algorithms and tools to support drug discovery projects.
- Support data analysis efforts for structure-based drug design projects with substructure searching, fragment analysis, R-group analysis, chemical space diversity and enumeration activities.
- Build predictive models for project data using machine learning tools (SVM, XGBoost, Random Forrest)
- Stay up to date with the latest advancements in cheminformatics, machine learning, and NLP.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and execute computational experiments.
Your Background:
- At least 3 years of experience in cheminformatics, bioinformatics, or related field (software engineering, computer science, etc).
- Experience with cheminformatics software and tools (e.g., RDKit, OpenEye, Cresset)
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or Java.
- Experience in machine learning models and data ingestion workflows.
- Experience in deploying AI-based workflows (e.g., REINVENT, chemprop, etc).
Company:
Our client is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. They focus on finding answers for some of the world's most urgent medical needs.
Location:
This role is based at our clients site in Bracknell.
Apply:
For more information, or to apply for this Cheminformatics Researcher role, please contact the Key Accounts Team on 01438 870011 or email pharmacontracts@ckagroup.co.uk. Please quote reference 105396
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK.
Please note: This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.