OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences, an industry leader in computational molecular design, uses a scientific approach to deliver rapid, robust, and scalable software, toolkits, and technology & design services for the advancement of pharmaceuticals, biologics, agrochemicals, and flavors and fragrances. We are passionate about science and about taking care of our team members, with leaders supporting your development and recognizing your contributions by providing an unmatched total compensation package in a collaborative, caring, energetic and fun work environment.
Over the last eight years, OpenEye has developed the field's most advanced large-scale compute platform, Orion, built on Amazon Web Services. In this position, you will be working at the cutting edge of cloud computing to provide a platform for large-scale investigations such as advanced MD simulation techniques to investigate the mechanistic details of passive membrane permeability of drug-like molecules. Your work will have the potential to make a major impact in drug discovery research and will likely be used by many pharmaceutical and biotech companies around the world.
Orion is a container-based scientific workflow system written in Go and Python. While there are some interesting workflow and container orchestration systems out there, none deliver the flexibility in using legacy applications and toolkits, ease of use, scalability, and reliability that we are targeting. Our system is made up of Floe, a Python workflow framework, and a cloud-based workflow runtime and user interface leveraging many technologies, including Django, Docker, and AWS.
More about Orion and the science being done on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjKNHK4jWMQ
Below is a summary of a few of the scientific problems being solved with Orion:
Molecular Dynamics
Developed with Industry & Academic s/w, collaboration (OpenMM, Open Force Field)Uses a combination of CPUs, GPUs (several types)Relies on Elastic parallelism
Crystal Structure Prediction
Leverages open-source quantum mechanical code: Psi4Requires iterating on science & tech. problemsEach iteration requires 10,000-100,000 CPU hoursMultiple iterations per day
The largest molecular Docking calculations ever run
https://docs.eyesopen.com/toolkits/python/dockingtk/docking.html43B molecules (Enamine Real, Stereo Expanded)~24 hours on 30,000 CPUs41TB result
Large Scale Virtual Screening (FastROCS)
Powered by OpenEye Toolkits: https://docs.eyesopen.com/toolkits/python/fastrocstk/introduction.htmlSearches 10^11 conformersLess than one-hour search, including setup and teardown of machines43B molecules (Enamine Real) searched routinely in about 30 minutes
What you should have:
B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience in addition toPractical experience with algorithms used in Distributed SystemsExpertise working with Amazon Web Services and remote diagnosticsPerformance-focused mindsetStrong Python skills - experience with package management and DjangoStrong Golang skills - familiarity with writing servers/clientsPostgreSQL and SQLite - Relational database optimization and structural designComfort working with containerized systems
The following are a PLUS, but not required:
C++Ansibleflatbuffers
Benefits:
OpenEye is passionate about the welfare of its employees and offers competitive benefits that include medical, dental, vision, flexible working schedule, 401k retirement plans, paid vacation, paid sick leave, home internet costs, public transportation reimbursement, and much more.
Please include a cover letter with your resume.