Responsibilities

• Build, optimize, and maintain models, algorithms, and/or simulations for complex chemical computations, formulations research and development, and machine learning techniques.
• Assist ByteDance's Scientific Computing team in solving problems and creating simulations requiring large datasets by understanding the underlying principles of a simulation, optimization, or other calculation to set up the conditions and parameters of their study.
• Solve queries with computational approaches such as molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry, and machine learning.
• Optimize and speed up classical molecular dynamics and quantum chemistry algorithms with artificial intelligence and high-throughput computational methods.
• Develop computer models and simulations of chemical and biochemical processes and entities.
• Perform and interpret quantitative analysis of large datasets.
• Partner with cross-functional team to design, optimize, and accelerate the creation and analysis of models and predictions focusing on computational chemistry modeling, informatics, and structural biology aspects.

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Qualifications

PhD degree in Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering (any), Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field, and 1 year of research or work experience; or a Master's degree in Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering (any), Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field, and 3 years of research or work experience.

Must have 1 year of research or work experience in the following skills:

• Simulating protein-drug molecule interactions using molecular dynamics simulations and applying virtual docking techniques to facilitate computer-aided drug design;
• Providing scientific support and/or advice to cross-disciplinary research projects using Cheminformatics techniques including molecular fingerprint representation, molecular surface extraction, and molecular graph convolution;
• Developing python-based rotation-translational equivariant neural networks to model molecular interactions in 3D Euclidean space;
• Processing large-scale biological and chemical databases using Python scripts to extract molecular descriptors for statistical analysis; and
• Preparing technical documentation, including technical proposals, patents, or publishing conference or journal papers.

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Type: Full time, 40 hours/week

Location: Bellevue, WA

Salary Range: $150987 - $237500 per year

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