Position
Join the small‑molecule team within AI for Drug Discovery (AI4DD), formerly Prescient Design, at Roche and Genentech’s Computational Sciences Center of Excellence as a Machine Learning Scientist / Senior Machine Learning Scientist in Quantum Chemistry.
You will combine machine learning methods and quantum chemistry to build fast, accurate models that power small‑molecule drug discovery. You will work with world‑class computational and experimental scientists and leverage proprietary datasets and state‑of‑the‑art compute.
Responsibilities
- Create cutting‑edge solutions that combine quantum chemistry and machine learning algorithm development to model small‑molecule energetics and protein‑ligand interactions, from conformation and reactivity to binding affinity and free energy.
- Build synthetic datasets using quantum mechanics and related methods to shape novel research directions in ML.
- Develop deployable pipelines that are robust, scalable and reproducible, and feed directly into molecular‑design tools used across Roche.
- Drive scientific impact through publications, open‑source releases and talks at internal and external conferences.
- Collaborate widely with world‑class computational and experimental researchers at Roche and with academic partners.
Qualifications
- Deep machine‑learning expertise with a strong theoretical foundation in linear algebra, probability and optimization.
- Hands‑on quantum chemistry experience and fluency in toolkits such as Psi4, PySCF and ORCA, as well as semi‑empirical methods like xTB.
- Fluency in Python and modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX.
- PhD or equivalent research depth in machine learning, computational chemistry, chemical engineering or a related quantitative field such as physics or statistics.
- A record of scientific excellence evidenced by journal and conference publications or a public portfolio of relevant projects (e.g. hosted on GitHub/GitLab).
- Preferred experience in scientific software development, scaling ML training and applying models to drug discovery.
- Experience generating large‑scale synthetic datasets.
Location & Travel Requirements
This position must be based in either Welwyn Garden City in the United Kingdom (preferred) or Basel, Switzerland. Although this can be a hybrid role, there is an expectation of ongoing and sustained site presence, in compliance with local company site requirements.
Equal Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. We recognise the importance of flexible working and will review all applicants’ requests with care.
We are an equal‑opportunity employer. Applicants are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Roche commits to diversity and inclusion.
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