Machine learning scientist

Machine learning scientist

Scindo | Greater London, ENG, GB

Posted 12 days ago

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Description

Scindo is building the next generation of enzyme-powered chemistry, combining wet-lab data with state-of-the-art machine learning. We are looking for a Machine Learning Scientist to design and deploy models that push the boundaries of enzyme prediction, reaction modelling, and generative catalyst design.

Responsibilities and requirements include:

  • PhD (or equivalent) in Physics, Applied Mathematics, Computational Chemistry, or related field.
  • Proven experience applying machine learning to molecular systems, e.g. protein engineering, enzyme catalysis, reaction prediction, molecular de novo design, molecular dynamics.
  • Strong background working with deep learning architectures relevant to molecules/sequences:

-Transformers (e.g. ProtBERT, ESM, AlphaFold-like)

-Generative models (diffusion, VAEs, autoregressive) for proteins, molecules or materials.

  • Hands-on experience with molecular dynamics and simulation data; familiarity with force fields, ab initio methods, or enhanced sampling.
  • Strong programming in Python (PyTorch/TensorFlow, JAX, NumPy/SciPy); experience with scientific libraries such as RDKit, ASE, DeepChem.
  • Experience with MLOps and end-to-end large-scale model development. (e.g. training, evaluation, benchmarking and deployment)
  • Familiarity with vector databases and embeddings (Qdrant, Milvus, FAISS) for chemical/sequence similarity search.
  • HPC/GPU cluster experience, performance optimisation, distributed training.
  • Background in spectroscopy (IR/UV/Vis/NMR) and/or computational thermodynamics/kinetics.
  • Exposure to enzyme engineering, biocatalysis, or structural biology data.

What we offer

  • Opportunity to build a machine learning stack from the ground up, with direct impact on real-world sustainable chemistry.
  • A highly collaborative lab–computational environment: every model prediction is tested in-house, feeding back into data pipelines.
  • Central London lab/office with a fast-growing interdisciplinary team.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

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