AstraZeneca
Senior Scientist - Drug Discovery (AI/ML)
$119K–$178K
US - Gaithersburg - MD · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum of 3 years in one or more of the stated fields.
- Education
- PhD in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience (e.g. Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science).
About the job
Develops computational models and conducts laboratory research to advance cell therapy products using large-scale biological data.
What you'll do
- Plans and conducts discovery experiments, interprets results, and determines follow-up experiments.
- Designs, develops, and deploys AI-driven machine learning and deep learning models for therapy development.
- Collaborates across teams, provides technical instruction, and presents findings.
What they ask for
- PhD in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
- At least 3 years of experience in Cellular Therapy, Immunology, Immuno-Oncology, Computational Biology, and/or Data Science.
- Proficiency in Python and/or R; experience with UNIX-based systems, high-performance computing, and large-scale data management.
- Expertise in omics and large-scale biological datasets, AI and statistical methods, and T-cell functional characterization assays.
Nice to have
- Experience in drug development in an industry setting.
Pay
USD $118,870.40 - $178,305.60 base salary
Tools
Python, R, UNIX-based systems, SLURM
AI focus
Develops and deploys AI-driven machine learning and deep learning models, applying predictive modelling and statistical methods to biological data.
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