Tamarind Bio

Easy to use computational biology tools for drug discovery

Application Scientist - Computational Chemistry

$130K - $200K0.40% - 1.00%San Francisco, CA, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Science, Chemistry
Experience
1+ years
Visa
US citizen/visa only
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Deniz Kavi
Deniz Kavi
Co-founder & CEO

About the role

As an Applications Scientist at Tamarind, you’ll guide customers in using state-of-the art molecular design tools, provide strategic scientific support, and produce educational content for scientists’ benefit.

What you’ll do:

  • Provide scientific support to existing and prospective customers, focusing on practical applications of molecular AI in therapeutic programs.
  • Write high quality educational content for tens of thousands of scientists’ consumption
  • Publish and present at scientific conferences
  • Troubleshoot customer pipelines, tickets, tool use problems

Qualifications:

  • PhD in computational chemistry, bioinformatics, structural biology, biophysics or a related field
  • Expertise in the application of machine learning methods for small molecule design, especially as applied to therapeutic programs
  • Programming skills with fluency in manipulating biological data such as molecular structures, compounds, sequences, and databases
  • Willingness to travel for conferences and customer on-site visits

About Tamarind Bio

We enable any scientist to access AI-powered drug discovery. Thousands of scientists from large pharma companies, top biotechs, and academic institutions use Tamarind to design protein drugs, improve industrial enzymes, and create cutting edge molecules that weren’t feasible until now.

New AI models are quickly eclipsing physics-based tools in computational drug discovery. Scientists often struggle to fine-tune, deploy, and scale these models, leaving breakthroughs on the table. Tamarind provides a simple interface to the vast array of tools being released daily.

Tamarind Bio
Founded:2023
Batch:W24
Team Size:10
Status:
Active
Founders
Deniz Kavi
Deniz Kavi
Co-founder & CEO
Sherry Liu
Sherry Liu
Founder