Senior Scientist, Generative Biologics Design And Optimization

Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., a division of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies is recruiting for a Senior Scientist, Generative Biologics Design and Optimization, located in Spring House, PA, Cambridge, MA, San Diego, CA or South San Francisco, CA. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.

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This is a technical position in the Integrated Platform Optimization team within the In Silico Discovery organization, which provides computational support to accelerate and enhance discovery of the best drug candidates across all therapeutic modalities. This role will specifically interact with several functional groups across the Biologics Discovery organization to support the discovery and Optimization of protein-based therapeutics. The successful candidate will work collaboratively between our functional groups and across organizations, including Biologics Discovery and Data Sciences, to develop deep generative modeling platforms that leverage large-scale datasets to accelerate our protein engineering and Optimization workflows.Required:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology or related field with at least 2 years of experience directly applied to problems in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical sectors.
• Proven track record of leveraging tools from generative deep learning (e.g. CNNs, VAEs, GANs) to analyze complex data structures; practical experience with transfer learning and fine-tuning.
• Deep understanding of protein structure-function relationships and direct experience applying state-of-the-art transformer-based architectures for protein structure prediction.
• Strong working knowledge of diffusion-based models for structure-enabled protein design.
• Proficient in building customized deep learning models using libraries such as PyTorch, Keras/TensorFlow in a scalable HPC environment; direct experience with cloud-based and GPU-accelerated compute platforms.
• The preferred location for this position is Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA. Consideration may be given for this position to be located in San Diego (La Jolla), CA, or South San Francisco, CA. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company. Travel up to 10% may be required.

Preferred:

• Ability to work in matrixed teams, excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organization and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex computational concepts effectively to a non-expert audience.
• Hands-on wet lab experience, design of experiments.

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