Computational Scientist II

Dawar Consulting

South San Francisco, California

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Best Practices, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Clinical Data, Clinical Pharmacology, Code Reviews, Communication Skills, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Cross-Functional, Data Science, Documentation, Drug Development, Git, Machine Learning, Open Source, Pharmacology, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Control, Science Software, Software Engineering, Team Player, Technical Presentation, Technical Writing, Testing, Unstructured Data
LOCATION
South San Francisco, California
POSTED
9 days ago
Our Client, a world leader in Biotechnology is looking for a "Computational Scientist II<\/b>" for SSF, CA<\/b>
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Job Duration: Long Term Contract (Possibility Of Extension)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
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Pay Rate: $48 - $49/hr on W2<\/span><\/b>
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Company Benefits:<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Medical, Paid Sick leave, 401K<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
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We are seeking a <\/span>Computational Scientist II<\/b> <\/span>to join and help advance AI -driven drug development. In this role, you will design, develop, and deploy <\/span>LLM -powered agentic workflows<\/b> <\/span>that automate scientific processes within Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics. You will collaborate with scientists, pharmacometricians, and AI engineers to build production -ready AI solutions, develop evaluation frameworks, integrate scientific knowledge into AI systems, and improve the efficiency of quantitative drug development.
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Responsibilities<\/b><\/span>
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  • Design, develop, and deploy <\/span>LLM -based agentic AI workflows<\/b> <\/span>to automate scientific and pharmacometric processes.
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  • Build <\/span>RAG (Retrieval -Augmented Generation)<\/b> <\/span>pipelines, human -in -the -loop AI systems, and reusable LLM components.
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  • Develop evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and quality control processes for LLM outputs.
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  • Collaborate with pharmacometricians, clinical pharmacologists, data scientists, and software engineers to translate scientific requirements into AI solutions.
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  • Integrate scientific guidelines, templates, and reference documents into AI workflows.
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  • Develop production -ready software following best engineering practices, including Git, documentation, code reviews, and testing.
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  • Support deployment of AI applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
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  • Present technical solutions, documentation, and best practices to cross -functional stakeholders.
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    Required Qualifications<\/b><\/span>
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    • Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience, or Master's/PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related quantitative field.
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    • Experience developing <\/span>LLM applications, Agentic AI systems, or Generative AI solutions<\/b>.
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    • Strong programming experience with <\/span>Python<\/b> <\/span>and software engineering best practices.
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    • Experience with <\/span>LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, RAG architectures, vector databases, and LLM APIs<\/b>.
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    • Knowledge of <\/span>Git, CI/CD, code reviews, testing, and documentation<\/b>.
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    • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP<\/b>).
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    • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
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      Preferred Qualifications<\/b><\/span>
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      • Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, computational biology, pharmacometrics, or drug discovery.
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      • Experience developing AI solutions for scientific or regulated environments.
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      • Familiarity with evaluation frameworks, LLM guardrails, prompt engineering, and human -in -the -loop workflows.
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      • Experience working with structured and unstructured scientific data.
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      • Portfolio of AI/LLM projects or open -source contributions.
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        Key Skills<\/b><\/span>
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        • Large Language Models (LLMs)
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        • Agentic AI & Generative AI
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        • LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith
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        • Retrieval -Augmented Generation (RAG)
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        • Python Programming
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        • AI Workflow Automation
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        • AWS / Azure / GCP
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        • Computational Biology / Bioinformatics
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        • Drug Discovery & Pharmaceutical R&D
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        • Data Science & Machine Learning
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          If interested, please send us your updated resume at<\/span>
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          hr@dawarconsulting.com

          kavitha@dawarconsulting.com


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