Applications Scientist
Schrödinger is on the cutting edge of computer-aided drug discovery and materials science. The Applications Scientist will provide scientific support to life science customers, demonstrate software suites, and engage in research to enhance drug discovery processes.
Responsibilities
- Provide scientific support to current and prospective life science customers, which includes demonstrating the optimal use of our life science software suites, facilitating interactions between customers and product development teams, and providing general scientific guidance
- Engage in cutting edge scientific research and provide best practices for modeling automation to our customers
- Work cross-functionally with Product Managers, Account Managers, the Deployment team and the Marketing team to improve business strategies
- Publish scientific papers and present at conferences
Skills
- PhD in computational chemistry, cheminformatics, computational biology, or a related field
- At least one year of post-doctoral/industry experience
- A solid understanding of the commercial drug discovery process
- Experience in one of the following: molecular dynamics simulations/enhanced sampling/free energy calculation methods, ligand-based drug design, chemoinformatics, quantum mechanics, and/or structural modeling
- Python programming experience
- Medicinal chemistry knowledge is a plus
- Willingness to travel
Benefits
- Healthcare (with dental and vision)
- A 401k
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- A flexible work schedule with hybrid workweeks
- A parental leave program
- Over a month of paid vacation time
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