Drimva

Iambic Therapeutics

Principal / AD / Director, Agentic AI

$208K–$315K

San Diego HQ · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026

Experience
8+ years in drug discovery, ML, or platform-building contexts.
Education
PhD in computational chemistry, machine learning, structural biology, chemical biology, or a closely related discipline; equivalent experience considered.

About the job

Leads the development and adoption of agentic AI workflows for small-molecule drug discovery and co-leads an integrated AI and automated-experimentation framework.

What you'll do

  • Set the technical roadmap and lead deployment of agentic systems for molecular design, prioritization, and experimental triage.
  • Co-lead the Lab of the Future initiative, integrating AI design with high-throughput experiments and automated data pipelines.
  • Partner across scientific teams and external collaborators, represent the work externally, and develop the agentic AI team.

What they ask for

  • PhD in computational chemistry, machine learning, structural biology, chemical biology, or a closely related discipline; equivalent experience considered.
  • 8+ years of experience in drug discovery, ML, or platform-building contexts.
  • Demonstrated expertise designing and deploying AI/ML workflows.
  • Deep familiarity with small-molecule drug discovery and hands-on experience applying ML models to real discovery programs.

Nice to have

  • Experience with LLM-based agents, workflow orchestration frameworks, and integrating ML models into laboratory automation pipelines.
  • Experience leading cross-functional scientific teams and working with external research collaborations or partnerships.

Pay

$208K – $315K (base salary)

Tools

NeuralPLexer, Enchant, LLM-based agents, workflow orchestration frameworks, ML models, laboratory automation pipelines

AI focus

Build and deploy agentic AI workflows for small-molecule discovery, integrating ML-based molecular design with automated decisions and experimental workflows.

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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)