WuXi AppTec

Senior Scientific Analyst - Cheminformatics AI/ML

WuXi AppTec  •  United States (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

Overview

Senior Scientific Analyst - Cheminformatics AI/ML

Position Purpose: We are recruiting a skilled cheminformatics professional who can integrate chemistry, cheminformatics, pharmaceutics, and machine learning to enable in-depth analysis of synthetic chemistry, pharmaceutics, and related markets. This is a domain expert role that requires strong scientific background and is able to conduct in-depth cheminformatics-related analysis and data management.

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Build, maintain, and enable efficient search and analytics across large chemical databases and datasets, including data ingestion, indexing, similarity analysis and high-performance search.
  • Develop and apply agentic AI solutions for drug and pipeline analytics, including autonomous or human-in-the-loop workflows that integrate scientific literatures, data analysis, and computational tools.
  • Stay updated with emerging trends in computational chemistry and machine learning as applied to pharmaceutical drug development and market analytics.
  • Communicate and work effectively with technical leaders on complex, expert-level technical projects and matters

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree is required, preferably a Ph.D. in chemistry, computational chemistry, cheminformatics, or related scientific or technical field, with 2+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotech setting preferred.
  • Strong expertise in cheminformatics toolkits. Demonstrated experience managing and searching large chemical databases and datasets using scalable data engineering and high-performance search technologies.
  • Experience applying machine learning and developing agentic AI systems in drug and pharmaceutical analysis.
  • Adequate knowledge of the pharmaceutical and CRDMO (Contract Research Development and Manufacturing Organization) industry.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work effectively with interdisciplinary groups.
WuXi AppTec

About WuXi AppTec

WuXi AppTec is a trusted partner and contributor to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, providing R&D and manufacturing services that help advance healthcare innovation. With operations across Asia, Europe, and North America, we offer integrated, end-to-end services through our unique CRDMO (Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization) platform. We are privileged to work alongside nearly 6,000 partners across 30+ countries, supporting their efforts to bring breakthrough treatments to patients. Guided by our vision that every drug can be made and every disease can be treated, we are committed to advancing breakthroughs for patients—one collaboration at a time. Learn more at www.wuxiapptec.com.

Industry
Pharmaceutical & Medicine
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Shanghai, CN
Year Founded
2000
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