Remote Data Curator / Engineer

Description:

• Drug Hunter is a company that simplifies the science behind emerging drugs and technologies for easy reference and searchability.
• The company was founded in 2018 to address frustrations with existing methods of learning about new drugs and pharmaceutical science.
• The Data Curator/Engineer will assemble and analyze novel chemical and biological datasets to contribute to innovative drug design solutions.
• This role involves building, curating, and integrating drug discovery data, requiring deep domain knowledge of chemical and macromolecular molecules.
• The position includes collaboration with internal product teams and external partners, such as medicinal chemists and bioinformaticians, to enhance product offerings and community support.
• Key responsibilities include developing data-gathering approaches, processing datasets, integrating databases, optimizing data pipelines, and maintaining data integrity.

Requirements:

• A Ph.D. or Master’s degree in Cheminformatics, Computational Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Data Science, or a related field is required.
• Candidates must have 5-10+ years of experience in cheminformatics, computational drug discovery, or machine learning applications in chemistry.
• Proficiency in Python/R and experience with cheminformatics libraries is essential.
• Strong knowledge of molecular descriptors, drug targets, and chemical/biological informatics techniques is necessary.
• An innate ability to integrate multimodal data is required.
• Familiarity with Open Source and competitive intelligence systems is preferred.
• Experience in a structured collaborative data and software development environment, including git and SQL/Postgres, is needed.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills are essential for conveying complex scientific data.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive salary and stock options.
• Active mentoring in data science and drug discovery is provided within a highly experienced team.
• Professional development opportunities and conference sponsorship are available.
• Employees will work in a collaborative environment focused on cutting-edge computational drug discovery and data science.