Computational Scientist
Tamarind Bio
Computational Scientist
Tamarind Bio
No-code, API-based access to bioinformatics tools
We enable any scientist to access AI-powered drug discovery. Thousands of scientists from large pharma companies, top biotechs, and academic institutions use Tamarind to design protein drugs, improve industrial enzymes, and create cutting edge molecules that weren’t feasible until now.
New AI models are quickly eclipsing physics-based tools in computational drug discovery. Scientists often struggle to fine-tune, deploy, and scale these models, leaving breakthroughs on the table. Tamarind provides a simple interface to the vast array of tools being released daily.
We’re hiring a Computational Scientist to help curate, build, and scale Tamarind’s library of AI-powered drug discovery tools.
In this role, you’ll work closely with the founders and engineering team to operationalize cutting-edge models for structure prediction, protein design, docking, scoring, and other core biological AI workloads. You’ll help transform fragmented research tools into production-ready workflows that scientists can run reliably at scale.
You’ll collaborate directly with customers to understand their discovery challenges and help them leverage Tamarind’s platform to run real biological AI pipelines. This often involves chaining multiple tools together, troubleshooting workflows, and identifying opportunities to improve the platform.
This role sits at the intersection of computational biology, machine learning, and scientific infrastructure, and is ideal for someone excited about applying the latest advances in AI to real-world drug discovery programs.
Our techstack:
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, CUDA, Conda, Docker, AWS (EC2, S3, DynamoDB), molecular modeling tools, protein design frameworks, structural biology tooling, APIs and workflow orchestration.
Week in the Life:
Work with founders and engineers to integrate and deploy biological ML models on the Tamarind platform.
Build and refine workflows connecting tools like structure prediction, docking, and scoring models.
Partner with customers to troubleshoot pipelines and help them run large-scale discovery workflows.
Evaluate new research tools and integrate promising models into the platform
Contribute to improving reliability, performance, and scalability of scientific pipelines
Qualification requirements:
Strong background in computational biology, computational chemistry, bioinformatics, or related field
Familiarity with ML and physics-based tools in structural biology, molecular dynamics, protein–ligand docking, or virtual screening
Experience working with biological data such as molecular structures, compounds, sequences, and databases
Programming experience in Python and scientific computing workflows
Comfort working with cloud infrastructure and ML tooling (AWS, Docker, CUDA, Conda, PyTorch, TensorFlow)
Located in the SF Bay Area or able to relocate
We keep our process focused, transparent, and designed to give both sides a clear sense of fit.
1. Recruiter Screen (15–30 minutes) — Virtual
2. Technical Interview (90 minutes) — Virtual
3. Onsite (1 day) — San Francisco
No-code, API-based access to bioinformatics tools
Tamarind Bio provides a no-code and API-based platform that gives life scientists access to over 250 computational biology tools and AI models for protein design, structure prediction, and molecular docking. The platform is web-based with a scalable API and runs on AWS, so researchers can run large-scale experiments without writing code or managing high-performance computing infrastructure. It unifies tools like AlphaFold, RFdiffusion, and DiffDock under a single interface and handles GPU orchestration and parallelization. The goal is to speed up drug discovery by making advanced computational models accessible to academics and industry, while offering tiered SaaS plans and hosting custom models.
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