Senior Developer - Computational Chemistry

Job Location	Litlington, Royston
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	Competitive salary
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent , full-time Work from home

Job Description

We are working with a growing business that develops software for leading pharma, drug discovery and biotech organisations. They are looking to appoint a senior developer to join their technical R&D team on a permanent basis. My clients goal is to improvehuman health by delivering innovative solutions to their customers who operate within these sectors both in industry and academia.As a senior developer, you will play a pivotal role in developing new scientific techniques and applying them to software applications and products. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a computational scientist or chemist to join an innovative businessthat is at the forefront of providing these specialist services.To be considered you must hold a PhD in computational chemistry or a closely related discipline and possess adequate experience either within a commercial or academic research setting geared towards pharma, drug discovery or biotech.Key Responsibilities:

Researching new computational chemistry techniques and validating them.
- (Current emphases are on ligand-based virtual screening, ligand similarity, free energy methods and accelerated dynamics methods)
Working with academic collaborators to validate and benchmark software from academia.
Co-supervising PhD students with academic collaborators.
Working independently on scientific research projects and producing white papers and scientific publications based on these.

Key Requirements:

Ideally, hold a PhD with a background in computational chemistry and/or molecular modelling, ideally in the field of drug discovery or a similar industry.
Experience in scientific programming with Python, C, or C++.
Track record of methods research, including publications in top journals.
Strong passion to help develop the tools which will enable the design of drugs of the future by advancing our understanding of molecular interactions.

Salary: £. Competitive Benefits: Hybrid/remote working - learning and development opportunities - Company bonus - Pension scheme - Private health insurance - Free parking and covered cycle storage - Cycle to work scheme - 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to FridayRole: Full-time, permanent

Keyskills :
ChemistryCodingComputational ChemistryDrug DiscoveryPhysicsPythonResearchSoftwareR&DPhDBiotechPharma

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