Contract Principal Scientist/Associate Director (Antibody Discovery and AI/ML Platform)

Position located in Boston, MA Contract Opportunity Responsibilities of the Principal Scientist/Associate Director: • Design and implement the computational platform architecture for antibody discovery, integrating ML/DL models, structural biology tools, and high-throughput screening data analysis into the pipeline • Develop and deploy ML models for antibody-antigen binding prediction, affinity maturation, and developability assessment • Develop state-of-the-art deep learning models for structure-based antibody design, antibody sequence design, antibody-antigen co-folding, and antibody-antigen binding prediction • Lead the integration of AlphaFold, Rosetta Antibody/Rosetta Fold, Boltz-1, and other state-of-the-art protein structure prediction tools into the discovery pipeline • Create and maintain computational workflows for analyzing large-scale screening data (phage display, yeast display, NGS data) to identify lead candidates • Partner with teammates in Platform Engineering and Discovery to identify key challenges and design innovative, AI-driven solutions using in silico and in vitro validation results • Implement structural modeling pipelines including homology modeling, molecular dynamics simulations, and protein-protein docking for antibody optimization Requirements of the Principal Scientist/Associate Director: • PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Physics, or related quantitative field with 6+ years of industry experience in biologics/antibody discovery • Proven expertise in machine learning and deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX) and state-of the-art AI algorithms applied to protein design and structure prediction • Strong background in protein, molecular dynamics, and antibody-specific computational tools and databases (IMGT, AbNum, Chothia numbering, etc.) • Skilled in high-throughput data analysis (NGS, display technologies) and structural biology software (PyMOL, Rosetta, Schrödinger suite, MOE)