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Job Title: Data Scientist
Location: Cambridge, MA or Thousand Oaks, CA (On-Site)
Job Summary: We are partnering with a leading organization seeking a Data Scientist to support data-driven process development across chemistry-focused workflows. This role combines predictive modeling, cheminformatics, experiment design, and data pipeline development to help turn complex experimental data into practical, reusable insights.
Responsibilities
- Develop regression and classification models to predict chemical reactivity and reaction outcomes using process parameters and molecular descriptors.
- Maintain molecular and physicochemical descriptor databases to support modeling and decision-making.
- Build active learning and Bayesian optimization workflows to guide experiment selection and iterative design-make-test-analyze cycles.
- Collaborate with process chemists, analytical scientists, automation scientists, and other subject matter experts to create modeling-ready datasets and translate results into actionable recommendations.
Required
- Doctorate degree, or equivalent, in chemistry, chemical engineering, computer science, data science, cheminformatics, or a related field; or a Master’s degree, or equivalent, in one of these fields with 3 years of scientific experience; or a Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in one of these fields with 5 years of scientific experience.
- Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams of chemists, engineers, and data scientists for data-driven chemical development.
- Strong knowledge of Python language (greater than 3.10) and mainstream data science and cheminformatics packages, including numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn, and RDKit.
- Experience with applying Density Functional Theory (DFT) to molecular property and descriptor calculations.
About SSI People: With over 26 years of industry experience, SSi People has built its reputation and expertise on putting people first. Everything we do works toward delivering exceptional experience for our consultants, our clients, and our internal team. Through a genuine commitment to people in everything we do. We have developed refined processes and a stellar internal team to deliver talent quickly. More importantly, we focus on building long-term relationships, not transactions. Putting people first is just what we do well.
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