Iambic Therapeutics
Sr. Associate Scientist I / II – High Throughput Chemistry
San Diego HQ · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Experience
- MS degree: 3+ years of experience; or BS degree: 5+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- MS or BS in Organic Chemistry.
About the job
Executes high-throughput synthetic chemistry experiments and supports compound library campaigns using laboratory automation, while collaborating across discovery teams.
What you'll do
- Run parallel synthetic chemistry experiments and refine procedures and methods.
- Operate, maintain, and calibrate laboratory automation and analytical and purification equipment; adapt bench-scale routes to automated workflows.
- Organize and analyze experimental and compound-library data, communicate results, and help improve processes.
What they ask for
- MS in Organic Chemistry with 3+ years of experience, or BS in Organic Chemistry with 5+ years of industry experience.
- Strong foundation in modern organic synthetic methods.
- Direct experience with High Throughput Chemistry and/or Parallel Synthesis.
- Familiarity with laboratory automation, liquid handling robotics, and automated analytical/purification systems.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with Direct-to-Biology (D2B) strategies for drug discovery.
- Familiarity with medicinal chemistry principles.
Tools
High Throughput Chemistry, Parallel Synthesis, laboratory automation, liquid handling robotics, automated analytical/purification systems, ELN
AI focus
The role collaborates with AI/ML and software teams and uses Iambic’s HTE platform in an AI-driven drug discovery organization; no specific AI development duties are stated.
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