Sr. Scientist I/Sr. Scientist II, Applied AI & Agentic Systems for Drug Discovery
Antares Therapeutics · Boston, MA
Posted 27 days ago · $160,000–$220,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 27 days Antares Therapeutics 's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 100% of Antares Therapeutics 's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Antares Therapeutics
- high 3 stale, 0 reposted of 5 open
- Hiring momentum
- 6 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
The Sr. Scientist I/Sr. Scientist II role at Antares Therapeutics involves developing and deploying LLM-driven agents to enhance scientific workflows in drug discovery. You will collaborate with various teams to identify critical questions, build agentic systems, and ensure reliable data analysis and decision-making processes. This hands-on position requires a strong background in computational chemistry or biology, with a focus on integrating AI into drug discovery efforts.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
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What you need
- PhD in computational chemistry, biology, cheminformatics, computer science, machine learning, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent experience)
- For Senior Scientist I: PhD with 5+ years (or bachelor's with 13+ years) of relevant experience
- For Senior Scientist II: PhD with 8+ years (or bachelor's with 16+ years) and a record of independent delivery and cross-functional influence
- Demonstrated contributions to small-molecule drug discovery programs
- Hands-on development and deployment of LLM-driven agents and multi-agent systems
- Strong programming skills in Python
Nice to have
- Familiarity with cheminformatics toolkits (e.g., RDKit, OpenEye, Schrödinger)
What you get
- Annual target bonus
- Equity participation
Worth weighing
- On-site/hybrid work location in Boston, MA
- Salary range is broad and dependent on various factors
- Role requires collaboration across multiple scientific disciplines, which may vary in complexity
- Focus on AI integration in drug discovery may limit traditional lab work
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