Senior ML Scientist, AI-Driven Drug Discovery

Revolution Medicines is a late-stage clinical oncology company developing novel targeted therapies for patients with RAS-addicted cancers. The company’s R&D pipeline comprises RAS(ON) inhibitors designed to suppress diverse oncogenic variants of RAS proteins. The company’s RAS(ON) inhibitors daraxonrasib (RMC-6236), a RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor; elironrasib (RMC-6291), a RAS(ON) G12C-selective inhibitor; zoldonrasib (RMC-9805), a RAS(ON) G12D-selective inhibitor; and RMC-5127, a RAS(ON) G12V-selective inhibitor, are currently in clinical development.

As a new member of the Revolution Medicines team, you will join other outstanding professionals in a tireless commitment to patients with cancers harboring mutations in the RAS signaling pathway.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Scientist to help accelerate drug discovery through advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. This role will develop predictive models and analytical methods that transform complex biological and chemical datasets into actionable insights that guide research decisions.

The Senior Machine Learning Scientist will work at the interface of data science, chemistry, and biology to support target discovery, compound optimization, and translational research. This position requires both strong machine learning expertise and the ability to collaborate effectively with experimental scientists to solve real-world scientific problems.

The successful candidate will contribute to building a data-driven discovery ecosystem where data, analytics, and experimentation continuously inform and accelerate one another.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop Predictive Models for Drug Discovery.
• Independently Design and implement machine learning models to predict compound activity, selectivity, and develop ability.
• Identify and Develop predictive frameworks for ADME/Tox, target engagement, and phenotypic screening outcomes.
• Apply advanced modeling approaches including deep learning, graph neural networks, and ensemble methods.
• Evaluate model performance and apply appropriate validation strategies.
• Work with data engineers and ML engineers to integrate models into discovery pipelines.
• Analyze Complex Scientific Data.
• Perform exploratory data analysis on chemical, biological, and phenotypic datasets.
• Integrate heterogeneous datasets including:
• Chemical structure and screening data.
• Structural biology and molecular simulation outputs.
• Collaborate with Research Scientists.
• Partner with medicinal chemists to support compound design and lead optimization.
• Work with biologists to interpret experimental results and identify new target opportunities.
• Translate scientific questions into computational modeling strategies.

Required Skills, Experience and

Education:

• PhD in machine learning, computational biology, computational chemistry, computer science, statistics, or a related quantitative field.
• 6–10 years of experience applying machine learning or advanced analytics to scientific datasets.
• Python and scientific computing libraries (Num Py, Pandas, Sci Py).
• Machine learning frameworks (PyTorch, Tensor Flow, scikit-learn).
• Model development, validation, and evaluation methods.
• Data visualization and exploratory analysis.
• Experience working with noisy and incomplete experimental datasets.

Preferred

Skills:

• Cheminformatics or molecular modeling tools (RDKit, Open Eye, etc.).
• Multi-omics data analysis.
• Cloud computing environments.
• MLOps or scalable model deployment.

The base pay salary range for this full-time position for candidates working onsite at our headquarters in Redwood City, CA is listed below. The range displayed on each job posting is intended to be the base pay salary range for an individual working onsite in Redwood City and will be adjusted for the local market a candidate is based in. Our base pay salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

Individual base pay salary is determined by multiple factors, including job-related skills, experience, market dynamics, and relevant education or training.

Please note that base pay salary range is one part of the overall total rewards program at Rev Med, which includes competitive…