Senior Data Scientist (Cheminformatics) – Nottingham Nottingham, England

Sygnature Discovery Limited

Full Time Nottingham, England 25875 - 50645 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Are you looking for your next challenge?

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will work within an established team in the informatics group to support our increasing needs for drug discovery projects. This is an exciting role to work with both clients and Sygnature scientists on establishing informatics solutions to support drug discovery data platforms and procedures.

But why work for us?

Data Scientists at Sygnature Discovery are at the forefront of our scientific research work, driving projects with the latest scientific software and cloud-based technology, solving challenging problems for our clients.
You will be part of an expanding group at the forefront of applying new software and techniques to drug discovery projects.
You will have the opportunity to work alongside our dedicated team of scientists with extensive experience in every stage of the drug discovery process.
Our global clients range from big pharma and biotechs to academic and charitable organisations.
Transparency with clients – our clients like to know the entire team, so there’s an expectation you will present your work at meetings and represent the company.
Teamwork and communication are as important as the science we do – how we interact and communicate with our clients is part of our success.
We foster a culture of collective responsibility and communal working. If you’re challenged by a problem, your project team, department and the company will support you to find a solution.
You will develop drug discovery knowledge by formal training, conference attendance and project experience.
We want you to have a long and rewarding career at Sygnature. We can offer a challenging, stimulating and fulfilling role in a sociable team that’s passionate about drug discovery. It’s an extremely motivating and humbling experience to discover a lifesaving drug.

The opportunity:

Working with clients on providing informatics solutions for integrated drug discovery projects.
Developing informatics solutions with chemists, biologists, and other scientists on effective data handling processes.
Developing informatics solutions for automating the design-make-test-analyse (DMTA) cycle of the drug discovery process.
Integrating the latest AI/ML approaches into key phases of the drug discovery pipeline.
Supporting day-to-day administration and usage of our existing informatics platform, such as Dotmatics and PerkinElmer software.
Carrying out informatics training for scientists and clients.
Attending conferences to enhance informatics knowledge.

Key requirements:

You must be comfortable taking on significant technical problems and be able to demonstrate creativity in solving them. This role would suit a self-starter, confident in their own technical abilities.
Degree in Computer Science, Chemistry, or bioinformatics-related subject.
Experience in a pharmaceutical drug discovery environment.
A solid understanding of relational databases and significant experience with SQL or other modern database technology.
Able to understand and analyse project requirements and translating into programme deliverables.
Comfortable taking on significant technical problems and be able to demonstrate creativity in solving them.
Cheminformatics and Bioinformatics knowledge.
Python Scripting skills.
A team player who is able to work collaboratively.

In return you will receive an excellent training and benefits package, including a highly competitive salary which is reviewed annually, a bonus scheme, a well-regarded pension scheme, and private medical insurance. All our benefits are tailored to enhancing your experience at Sygnature as it is important to us that you share in our success.

We also recognise that the environment you work in is a priority, so we have built a collaborative and supportive culture with plenty of opportunities to grow and succeed, tailored to individual and business needs. This includes an excellent set of bespoke training and development courses to accelerate both your scientific and personal career growth.

Since 2011, 39 compounds discovered by Sygnature for customers have entered pre-clinical development. So far, 21 of these have progressed to clinical trials (Phases I, II and III). In 2017, Sygnature Discovery received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade, in 2020 the Medilink Outstanding Achievement Award, and in 2021 the Bionow Company of the Year Award.

For more information, visit www.sygnaturediscovery.com/careers.

If you’re interested in joining a company that places people at the heart of its business, please apply through the link and include:

1) Your CV

2) Confirmation of your status of eligibility to work in the UK (we can consider sponsoring potential employees with relevant levels of qualifications and experience under a Skilled Worker Visa).

Your application will be submitted through our trusted partners, Lever, but only employees of Sygnature Discovery will review your application and personal data.

We will be interviewing on an ongoing basis, so please submit your application as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact the Careers team at [email protected]. Please do not submit your application to this email address.

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