At Acellera we are looking for a computational chemistry scientist with experience in structure-based drug design and medicinal chemistry to join our MD services and drug discovery team. This is a computational position for scientists that enjoy applying algorithms, programming and applied cutting-edge computational approaches.

Founded in 2006, Acellera’s mission is “Computable drug discovery, developing the algorithms to automate drug discovery”. Acellera was one of the first companies worldwide to leverage the use of novel accelerator processor technology (GPU) for molecular simulations. Among our clients, we count 10 of the top 50 pharmaceutical companies. We were selected as one of the Top30 AI Drug Discovery companies in 2019. Our software includes PlayMolecule,  ACEMD or HTMD and it’s used by hundreds of users both in academia and the private sector.

At Acellera we value excellence, merits and scientific innovation above anything else.

***Note that you need to have a valid EU work permit to apply to this position.

THE ROLE
What you will do:
- Engage in cutting edge scientific research, both internal and in collaboration with customers to optimize the drug discovery process via state-of-art molecular dynamics simulations and machine learning methods.
- Work closely with the internal software development teams to improve Acellera's drug discovery technologies.

What we are looking for:
- PhD in computational chemistry, organic chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, physical chemistry or alike.
- Experience in structure-based drug design.
- Experience in programming with Python and common data analysis and visualization libraries (e.g. NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn, Pandas, Matplotlib, PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc).
- Additional experience in at least two of the following molecular modeling areas: virtual screening, computationally-driven lead optimization, ligand-based drug design, molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry, cheminformatics, ADMET and QSAR/QSPR.
- Excellent communication skills in English.
- Previous experience in pharma is positively evaluated.

What we offer:
- Full time, permanent contract. Start date Q2 2022.
- A competitive salary, aligned to market practices and cost of living in Barcelona.
- Flexible environment with a good balance between professional and personal life.
- Possibility to grow professionally with us.

DEADLINE TO APPLY 15th May

Does this sound like you? We’d like to hear from you.