Data Scientist – Cheminformatics Switzerland

Data Scientist – Cheminformatics

Data Scientists specializing in Cheminformatics apply advanced statistical and machine learning models to chemical data to support drug discovery, compound optimization, and virtual screening efforts. They work closely with medicinal chemists and computational biologists to predict properties and behaviors of small molecules.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing predictive models – QSAR, molecular docking, physicochemical property prediction, and ADMET modeling.

• Managing large compound libraries – Using cheminformatics tools like RDKit, Open Babel, or KNIME for structure handling and descriptor generation.

• Visualizing and analyzing SAR data – Supporting lead optimization through clustering, PCA, or similarity analyses.

• Contributing to compound prioritization strategies – Helping R&D teams focus efforts on the most promising drug candidates using data-driven scoring systems.

• Maintaining clean, structured data environments – Using SQL, Python, and cloud-based data warehousing to handle high-volume structure–activity datasets.

Ideal candidates bring a strong background in chemistry or computational biology, paired with Python or R expertise, and familiarity with chemical notations like SMILES, InChI, and SDF formats.​

Switzerland is a great place to further your career in life sciences. If you are a looking for pharmaceutical jobs in Switzerland, scientific careers in Switzerland or want to discuss cell therapy, gene therapy, ATMP, medical device, technology, biotech or pharmaceutical job opportunities in Switzerland, give our Next Phase team a call. This country is continuing to expand as a centre for jobs in science, process development, technology, software development, project management, informatics, quality, reg affairs and supply chain.

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The life science industry in Switzerland has a strong international bias, 98% of its turnover is made abroad. With a share of 33% of Swiss export goods, chemical-pharmaceutical products are the most important exported good in Switzerland. Availability of high-quality scientists in Switzerland is very high thanks to leading universities and universities of applied sciences and financially sound and research-based pharmaceutical companies. In comparison to other top international locations, the Swiss life science industry has the highest work productivity.

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Switzerland is home to a globally unique life science cluster. In addition to chemical and pharmaceutical firms like Novartis, Roche, and Syngenta, this encompasses a dense network of medtech, biotech and nanotech companies. 

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