AI solutions for small molecule drug discovery. AI-integrated synthesis, virtual lab bench, ADME assays, and embedded chemistry experts to accelerate your program. Backed by a16z and Lux.
About the role
Be an embedded expert, supporting a variety of partner drug discovery programs from lead generation through development candidate nomination across diverse small molecule modalities. Alongside outstanding compchem, DMPK, and machine learning colleagues, bring Inductive’s tools and your medchem knowledge to our work as consultants on partners’ projects.
What they're looking for
- You have direct experience at all stages of drug discovery projects, and can point to go/no go judgement calls you’ve made in lead generation and lead optimization
- You’ve used different approaches to evaluate compound quality, from LLE to dose prediction, and appreciate the importance of contextualizing results in terms of their expected profile in humans
- The more modalities you’ve worked with, the better, from reversible and covalent to heterobifunctionals and peptides
- Along with designing compounds and analyzing data, you have years of experience in chemical synthesis with CROs. As you think about synthetic strategy, you look for convergent routes and late-stage intermediates
- You communicate effectively and proactively, seek feedback, handle proprietary information with discretion, embrace transparency, and treat others with respect
- Experience with predictive models and automation is a plus! (e.g. FEP, predictive ADME, AI retrosynthesis, direct to biology)
More about this role
Inductive Bio is an AI medicinal chemistry partner . We build virtual labs that help drug discovery teams make better decisions, faster, across the full DMTA cycle. Our platform includes Beacon-1 ADMET prediction models, human dose projection tools, and Indy, an AI medicinal chemistry assistant. Through partnerships with CROs, we also offer innovative synthesis approaches, direct-to-dose testing, and cost-effective tier 1 ADME panels that enable initial human PK projection, closing the loop from computational design to experimental validation. Together, these power dozens of small molecule and beyond-rule-of-five programs for biotech and pharma partners.
Beacon-1 placed 1st in both the 2025 Polaris and 2026 OpenADMET-ExpansionRx blind competitions, ahead of Merck & Co + NVIDIA and EMD Serono.
We've raised $30M from Obvious Ventures, a16z Bio + Health, and Lux Capital, and were selected for a $21M ARPA-H CATALYST award to develop next-generation toxicity models.
We are seeking an accomplished Medicinal Chemist to play a key role in building an AI-forward drug discovery platform that impacts all stages of the Design-Make-Test-Analyze cycle, and deploy that platform to dozens of...
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