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Computational Scientist II

Dawar Consulting

Job Description
Our Client, a world leader in Biotechnology is looking for a " Computational Scientist II " for SSF, CA

Job Duration: Long Term Contract (Possibility Of Extension)

Pay Rate: $48 - $49/hr on W2

Company Benefits: Medical, Paid Sick leave, 401K

We are seeking a Computational Scientist II to join and help advance AI-driven drug development. In this role, you will design, develop, and deploy LLM-powered agentic workflows that automate scientific processes within Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics. You will collaborate with scientists, pharmacometricians, and AI engineers to build production-ready AI solutions, develop evaluation frameworks, integrate scientific knowledge into AI systems, and improve the efficiency of quantitative drug development.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and deploy LLM-based agentic AI workflows to automate scientific and pharmacometric processes.
  • Build RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines, human-in-the-loop AI systems, and reusable LLM components.
  • Develop evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and quality control processes for LLM outputs.
  • Collaborate with pharmacometricians, clinical pharmacologists, data scientists, and software engineers to translate scientific requirements into AI solutions.
  • Integrate scientific guidelines, templates, and reference documents into AI workflows.
  • Develop production-ready software following best engineering practices, including Git, documentation, code reviews, and testing.
  • Support deployment of AI applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Present technical solutions, documentation, and best practices to cross-functional stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience, or Master's/PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related quantitative field.
  • Experience developing LLM applications, Agentic AI systems, or Generative AI solutions .
  • Strong programming experience with Python and software engineering best practices.
  • Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, RAG architectures, vector databases, and LLM APIs .
  • Knowledge of Git, CI/CD, code reviews, testing, and documentation .
  • Experience with cloud platforms ( AWS, Azure, or GCP ).
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, computational biology, pharmacometrics, or drug discovery.
  • Experience developing AI solutions for scientific or regulated environments.
  • Familiarity with evaluation frameworks, LLM guardrails, prompt engineering, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
  • Experience working with structured and unstructured scientific data.
  • Portfolio of AI/LLM projects or open-source contributions.
Key Skills
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Agentic AI & Generative AI
  • LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Python Programming
  • AI Workflow Automation
  • AWS / Azure / GCP
  • Computational Biology / Bioinformatics
  • Drug Discovery & Pharmaceutical R&D
  • Data Science & Machine Learning

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Skill Set
RAG Architecture, LLM, Agentic AI, Computational Biology
Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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