Senior Engineer, Machine Learning - Chemistry
Eikon Therapeutics
- Hayward, CA
- $164,000-179,550 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Help define and develop and implement machine learning algorithms to support chemistry and advance our drug discovery programs.
- Design and optimize algorithms and models for chemical property prediction, compound screening, and reaction optimization.
- Deploy machine learning models into production environments and ensure scalability, reliability, and performance.
- Work collaboratively with scientists and engineers to understand tactical needs, prototype, and then productionize software to keep experiments moving forward.
- Work on multiple projects simultaneously, developing milestones and deadlines in coordination with the broader company goals.
- Bachelor's with 5 years of relevant experience or a Master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering
- Strong background in machine learning, statistics, data analysis techniques and chemistry and chemical terms/concepts.
- Strong Python programming expertise required
- Experience with cheminformatics tools and libraries (e.g., RDKit, Open Babel) for chemical data processing and manipulation
- Experience with MLOPs frameworks (e.g. ZenML, Metaflow, MLFlow) preferred
- Experience with simulation software like Rosetta, deepchem, graph representation learning, and vector databases preferred
- Ability to efficiently investigate and solve problems, from prototype development to production designs
- Familiarity with biology and biological terms/concepts at the college freshman level preferred
- Ability to efficiently investigate and solve problems, from prototype development to production designs
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Team-oriented, flexible, able to adapt to rapidly evolving goals and challenges
- Enthusiasm for drug discovery essential
- 401k plan with company matching
- Medical (premiums covered by Eikon at 95%), dental and vision insurance (premiums covered by Eikon at 100%)
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Weeklong summer and winter holiday shutdowns
- Generous paid time off and holiday policies
- Life/AD&D Insurance (premiums covered by Eikon at 100%) and optional supplemental employee-paid life/AD&D policies
- Enhanced parental leave benefit
- Daily subsidized lunch program when on-site