[Hiring] Computational Biologist @Proxima

Role Description

Proxima is seeking highly-motivated Computational Biologists interested in building the leading AI-enabled drug discovery platform for novel induced proximity therapeutic modality.

• Work closely with the Computational Chemistry, Machine Learning, and Application Engineering teams.
• Tap into the wealth of evolutionary, structural, and -omics data.
• Unlock the full potential of unified machine learning representations and large-scale geometric deep learning generative models.
• Projects may include:
  • Designing large-scale scientific workflows for mining public and unique in-house data.
  • Developing novel systems biology and structural biology computational methods, tools, and algorithms.
  • Designing, training, and fine-tuning best-in-class machine learning models.
• Apply induced proximity approaches to challenging targets considered “undruggable.”
• Discover, build, and develop novel proximity platforms spanning multiple targets and disease areas.

Qualifications

• Hold an MSc or PhD degree in computational biology, bioinformatics, or a related field.
• Possess mixed academic and/or industrial experience, preferably in the biotech industry.
• Have a strong background in computational structural or systems biology.
• Demonstrate strong programming skills in Python, R, and/or other languages.
• Experience building reproducible and scalable computational biology workflows.
• Experience designing and applying machine learning models.

Requirements

• Experience with geometric deep learning, graph neural networks, protein language models, transformers, and representation learning is a plus.
• Preferably have prior exposure to drug discovery problems.
• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure.
• Agile project management.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salaries.
• Company Equity Package, everyone is a stakeholder!
• 401(k) + Company Match.
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (PPO w/ HSA & FSA options).
• 13 Paid Holidays + Unlimited PTO & Sick Time.
• Maternity leave: 18 Weeks of fully paid leave + 6 weeks for Paternity leave.
• In-Office Lunch (5 days per week).