Principal Al/Machine Learning Scientist, Drug Discovery (China)

About TandemAI
TandemAI is building a next generation artificial intelligence platform to accelerate scientific discovery and drug development. Our mission is to transform how therapeutics are discovered by integrating advanced machine learning approached and physics-based simulations.

Role Overview
TandemAI is seeking an experienced Principal AI/Machine Learning Scientist to join our research teams located in Shanghai and Suzhou, China. This role will focus on developing advanced machine learning models to accelerate drug discovery and molecular design.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in machine learning research with significant academic and/or industrial experience and the ability to translate scientific insights into scalable AI systems. You will work closely with interdisciplinary teams across software engineering, biology, and chemistry to build models that address complex scientific challenges.

This position is well suited for researchers who are passionate about designing and applying AI/ML to real world biomedical problems and advancing the frontier of AI driven drug discovery.

Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and optimize novel machine learning architectures for physics, chemistry, and drug discovery.
Develop algorithms for molecular design, protein modeling, and biological data analysis.
Apply machine learning techniques to large biological and chemical datasets to generate predictive insights.
Develop models capable of reasoning about molecular and biological systems.
Build benchmark datasets and validation pipelines in collaboration with domain experts.
Analyze experimental results and iterate on model architectures and training strategies.