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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