Are you a machine learning engineer or scientist excited by building and scaling modern AI systems for real-world impact? Do you want to enable the training and inference of large-scale deep learning models for drug discovery.

R&D Partners is seeking a dedicated Research Scientist for a contract position based in Gothenburg. You will drive impact across multiple projects with a focus on AI engineering and platform development.

Please note that to be considered for this role you must have the right to work in this location.

Responsibilities:

• Optimize the training and inference of large-scale deep learning models for drug design on state-of-the-art HPC platforms
• Design, conduct and evaluate scientific experiments together with our multi-disciplinary research team to help us build the next generation of foundational chemical models.
• Extend and maintain scientific codebases written in Python that forms the backbone of our AI platforms.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with researchers in data science, software engineers and drug discovery domain experts
• This is an on-site role based in Gothenburg, Sweden where you expect to present on site three days per week.

Key Skills and Requirements:

• Degree in computer science, engineering, chemistry, physics, mathematics or related discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• Hands-on experience training models with PyTorch or equivalent frameworks
• Excellent programming skills, preferably in Python. Track record of developing sizable software solutions and familiarity with scientific packages (Numpy, Pandas, etc.)
• Proven ability to work inclusively within multidisciplinary teams, with a focus on building a positive and collaborative team culture.
• Experience with high-performance computational platforms and schedulers such as SLURM
• Experience writing ETLs for large data sets
• Background in life sciences or physical sciences
• Research and outreach contribution to open-source projects, publications, or participation in online communities

For more information, please contact Grant Van Schalkwyk.

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