AI Scientist / Principal AI Engineer – Drug Discovery & Life Sciences

the company is a division within NEXER GROUP - a custom software development company. We started in Poland in 2017 and are now a team of over 140 people. We have the opportunity to work with world-renowned brands from Scandinavia, the UK, and Western Europe. Our goal is to grow stronger, in competence rather than in numbers. If you like what we do, check out our offer, maybe we will have the pleasure of meeting you! 😊  

 

We are looking for a highly experienced, hands-on AI expert to join an AI-driven Bio/Pharma research initiative focused on next-generation drug discovery and early-stage drug development. This role is ideal for someone who combines deep AI/ML expertise with strong scientific understanding and enjoys building production-ready AI solutions in highly innovative R&D environments. You will work independently, own end-to-end delivery, and directly contribute to AI-powered research across small molecules, biologics, target identification, and scientific discovery workflows.

🔹 Important note

This role can be performed in either a full-time or part-time setup, depending on the candidate’s availability and agreement with the team. The key requirement is a daily 2–3 hour overlap with the team, ensuring alignment, collaboration, and technical discussions. Outside of this overlap, the work is fully autonomous and self-directed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver AI solutions for Life Sciences and Pharma;

• Contribute to AI-driven drug discovery and early drug development;

• Build and deploy production-ready AI systems, agents, and scientific workflows;

• Apply Graph ML, knowledge graphs, and network biology approaches to biomedical problems;

• Develop AI solutions for molecular modelling, biologics, and small molecule discovery;

• Collaborate closely with scientific and research teams;

• Translate research concepts into scalable, production-oriented AI solutions;

• Take full ownership of delivery with minimal supervision.

We offer a choice of employment form: B2B or Employment Contract 

• UoP: 17 000 – 20 000 PLN gross/month

• B2B: 140– 170 PLN net/hour + VAT
  

You might be the perfect match if you are/have:

• Strong experience building and shipping end-to-end AI/ML solutions in real-world environments;

• Hands-on background in agentic AI systems and autonomous or semi-autonomous workflows;

• Deep understanding of Graph Machine Learning (GNNs, knowledge graphs, network-based models);

• Experience applying AI in Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or Drug Discovery;

• Proven ability to build and deploy production-grade AI tools, agents, dashboards, or internal platforms;

• Strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with modern ML/AI ecosystems;

• Comfortable working in scientific, research-driven, or R&D-heavy environments.

Moreover, we appreciate skills in these areas:

• Experience with molecular foundation models or protein language models;

• Experience with LLM-based scientific agents;

• Scientific publications in AI, computational biology, bioinformatics, or drug discovery;

• Experience working with biologics or molecular simulations;

• Familiarity with cloud/MLOps environments.

By joining us, you gain the following: 

• Opportunity to work on exciting, international projects in cutting-edge industries like Automotive, Biotech, IoT; 

• Possibility to develop in cloud technologies;

• Becoming part of a team that believes that the next step to a promising future is to put your heart into it and make it happen; 

• Respect for your private life so you don't have to work overtime or on weekends; 

• Team Events budget to socialize outside of work; 

• Company Events to celebrate smaller and bigger successes (Summer Party, Programmer's Day, and trips abroad – so far we've been in South Africa, Are, and Barcelona). 

Perks and benefits: 

• Fully remote work or in our office in Wrocław; 

• Benefits such as Luxmed, Multisport, and life insurance in Nationale Nederlanden; 

• Attractive referral system (9,5k for senior, 6k for mid, 2,5k for junior); 

• Personal Training Budget with additional paid hours; 

• Passion Day - an extra day off for your hobby to spend as you please; 

• Flexible working hours with no micro-management approach. Our core hours are 9-15, the rest of the working time is up to you; 

• We provide high-quality work equipment + 2 additional monitors and accessories. 
  

As part of the recruitment process, candidates may be asked to provide:

• GitHub profile or portfolio demonstrating hands-on work;

• Short presentation (~15 min) summarizing:

  • relevant achievements;

  • scientific publications;

  • delivered AI solutions;

  • research contributions.

 

Submit your application online in one easy step! Apply now! 

 

You will earn:

• UoP: 17 000 – 20 000 PLN gross/month

• B2B: 140 – 170 PLN net/hour + VAT