Principal ADMET Scientist - modelling, ML engineer | Cheminformatics | Series A - Drug discovery B2B Platform | Fully Remote, EU | £ 700-1,200 per day, Outside IR35 | 6-12 months Contract Length
Posted 2 weeks ago by Owen Thomas | Pending B Corp™
£1,200 Per day
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Principal ADMET Scientist will lead the technical direction for ADMET modeling efforts within a drug discovery platform, focusing on machine learning and computational chemistry. This role involves hands-on work and collaboration with leadership while mentoring engineers and researchers. The position is fully remote and offers a significant influence over technical strategy without direct people management responsibilities. The contract length is between 6 to 12 months, with a competitive daily rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead technical direction for ADMET modeling efforts in drug discovery.
- Collaborate on model development across partner organizations while ensuring data privacy.
- Work at the intersection of machine learning, computational chemistry, and applied research.
- Serve as the technical authority on ML architecture, experimentation, and strategy.
- Mentor engineers and researchers in the field.
Key Skills:
- PhD in computational chemistry or equivalent.
- 5+ years of drug discovery experience.
- Hands-on ADMET modeling experience.
- Experience building ML-based models on pharma datasets.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Strong planning capabilities for experimental execution.
- Experience working in consortiums is a plus.
Salary (Rate): £1200 daily
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
The Client: A mission-driven technology company operating in the life sciences domain is seeking a Principal Scientist - hands-on ADMET modelling, ML engineer to lead the technical direction for ADMET (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, and Toxicity) modeling efforts within its drug discovery platform. The organisation enables collaborative model development across partner organisations while maintaining strict data privacy and ownership, using a federated data infrastructure. In this hands-on, high-impact role, you’ll work at the intersection of machine learning, computational chemistry, and applied research to advance foundational model applications in drug discovery. You'll be the technical authority on ML architecture, experimentation, and strategy, collaborating closely with leadership and mentoring other engineers and researchers. While this is not a people management position, it offers significant influence over technical direction.
Principal ADMET Scientist - modelling, ML engineer | Cheminformatics | Series A - Drug discovery B2B Platform | Fully Remote, EU | £ 700-1,200 per day, Outside IR35 | 6-12 months Contract Length
PhD computational chemistry or equivalent
Drug discovery experience (5y+)
Hands on ADMET modelling experience (broad scope)
Hands on experience building an ML based model on public and/or internal pharma datasets in the computational chemistry space.
Confidence in building silico models
Excellent communicator and connecting stakeholders
excellent planning capabilities for experimental planning and execution
Experience in working in consortium is a plus
If interested in the Principal ADMET Scientist - modelling, ML engineer | Cheminformatics | Series A - Drug discovery B2B Platform | Fully Remote, EU | £ 700-1,200 per day, Outside IR35 | 6-12 months Contract Length, please apply here with your CV, and we will get back if it's off interest to the client! :)