Achira
Drug Discovery
CADD/ApplicationScientist
“CADD / Application Scientist at Achira. Skills: CADD, Molecular simulation, Drug discovery. Shape training data strategy. Identify data sources”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
CADD, Structure-based drug design, Computational chemistry, Medicinal chemistry collaboration, Drug discovery, Supporting external collaborations, Leading external collaborations, Intuition for protein-ligand binding, Intuition for ligand poses, Intuition for assay artifacts, Intuition for protonation / tautomer states, Intuition for waters, Intuition for cofactors, Intuition for ligand strain, Expert judgments from imperfect data, Identify relevant benchmarks, Identify relevant application ideas, Identify relevant partner case studies
Nice to Have
Curating protein-ligand affinity benchmarks, Running protein-ligand affinity benchmarks, Curating FEP benchmarks, Running FEP benchmarks, OpenFE, Full discovery arc experience, Target identification, Hit finding, Hit-to-lead, Lead optimization, Designing scientific case studies, Designing technical reports, Designing partner-facing demonstrations, ML-assisted drug discovery, Active learning, Synthetic data generation, Model evaluation for molecular systems
What You'll Do.
Shape training data strategy
Identify data sources
Own structure curation
Interpret model successes
Interpret model failures
Decide applications to pursue
Shape partner programs
Translate model capabilities
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with model teams; Work with training teams; Work with ML researchers; Work with simulation scientists; Work with platform teams; Collaborate with BD; Collaborate with leadership; Collaborate with pharma teams; Collaborate with biotech teams
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