Role & responsibilities

Position :AI in Chemistry Teaching Associate / Trainee Faculty (11-Month Contract)

Training & Delivery Responsibilities

- Assist in delivering Aragen Academy's AI in Chemistry curriculum.
- Conduct hands-on practical sessions in Python, AI tools and cheminformatics.
- Mentor students during workshops, projects and capstone assignments.
- Support curriculum enhancement and content development.
- Develop demo projects, assignments, notebooks and case studies.
- Track learner progress and provide technical mentoring.
- Collaborate with Aragen scientists to convert industrial use cases into learning modules.

* Candidate will also work on other inhouse projects.

Preferred candidate profile

Educational Qualification

- M.Sc./M.Tech./MS in Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Pharmacoinformatics, Cheminformatics, Bioinformatics, or related Life Sciences discipline.
- Candidates pursuing or recently completing PhD may also be considered.

Experience

- 0-2 years of experience.

- Freshers with strong academic projects in AI, cheminformatics, computational chemistry, or drug discovery are encouraged to apply.
- Internship/project experience in AI-driven chemistry applications will be an added advantage.

Technical Skills

Essential

- Solid knowledge of Organic Chemistry and/or Medicinal Chemistry.
- Good Python programming skills.
- Understanding of data science concepts using Pandas, NumPy and visualization libraries.




- Basic understanding of AI/ML concepts and Generative AI.
- Familiarity with cheminformatics concepts such as:
- SMILES
- Molecular descriptors
- Chemical databases
- Molecular similarity analysis

Preferred

- Exposure to RDKit, DeepChem, KNIME, Open Babel or related tools.
- Understanding of molecular docking, virtual screening, ADMET prediction and computer-aided drug design.
- Experience with Generative AI tools, LLMs, prompt engineering and AI assistants.
- Exposure to retrosynthesis, reaction prediction or AI-enabled synthetic chemistry platforms.
- Experience working in Linux environments, cloud computing or HPC platforms.

Training & Delivery Responsibilities

- Assist in delivering Aragen Academy's AI in Chemistry curriculum.
- Conduct hands-on practical sessions in Python, AI tools and cheminformatics.
- Mentor students during workshops, projects and capstone assignments.
- Support curriculum enhancement and content development.
- Develop demo projects, assignments, notebooks and case studies.
- Track learner progress and provide technical mentoring.
- Collaborate with Aragen scientists to convert industrial use cases into learning modules.

Desired Competencies

- Passion for teaching and mentoring students.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Curiosity to learn emerging AI technologies.
- Ability to simplify complex scientific concepts for learners.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset.

📌 Training Faculty - Aragen Academy (Hyderabad)
🏢 Aragen Life Sciences
📍 Hyderabad