Location: Dublin, IrelandTeam: Accenture Labs BioinnovationType: Full-time, on-site (hybrid)
About
This is an opportunity to play a key role in the Accenture Labs BioInnovation team, in Dublin, Ireland. Accenture Labs BioInnovation is the biotech research arm of Accenture Labs and focuses on Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, and Computational Chemistry with a strong emphasis on Machine Learning for life sciences. The lab is co‑located with The Dock, Accenture's global center for innovation. We design and prototype new ideas that have a strategic impact on our clients’ businesses. We offer a blend of industry‑related research projects and academic‑oriented activities, including an open publication policy and contribution to the open‑source community.
Job Description
Design and implement AI research prototypes for the life sciences, including genomic medicine and computational chemistry.
Collaborate with research scientists and engineers and turn experimental methods and their output into full‑fledged prototypes to showcase the impact of our research.
Develop and implement machine learning models for de novo molecule generation, property prediction.
Design and optimise deep learning architectures (e.g., graph machine learning, transformers) for molecular optimisation.
Design and implement prototypes to learn insights from multi‑omics data (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics).
Build data ingestion pipelines to process and analyse large‑scale biochemical and multi‑omics datasets (e.g., SMILES, PDB, proteomics, genomics, clinical records).
Collaborate with subject‑matter experts to integrate domain knowledge into our AI models and interpret results.
Stay on top of the latest advancements in AI/ML, AI for drug discovery, computational chemistry.
Write clean, well‑documented code.
Required qualifications and skillset
MSc in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computational Chemistry, Computational Genomics, or equivalent industry experience.
Strong Machine Learning and Deep Learning foundations.
Solid Python and Scientific Python programming skills (e.g., NumPy) and Machine Learning frameworks such as PyTorch.
Prior hands‑on experience with AI/ML research prototypes design and development.
Proven knowledge of parallel computing techniques for Python and GPU acceleration, to optimise model training and data processing workflows.
Solid experience with data engineering, data ingestion, relational database management, SQL.
Working knowledge of Linux OS, shell scripting.
Hands‑on experience with Git and popular issue tracking systems.
Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem‑solving environment.
Eagerness to contribute to a team‑oriented environment.
Good verbal and written communication in English.
Optional skillset
PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computational Chemistry, Computational Genomics, or equivalent industry experience.
Familiarity with common genomic data formats (e.g., FASTQ, VCF).
Experience processing Electronic Health Record (EHR) datasets.
Familiarity with Knowledge Graph technologies a plus, but not a hard requirement (e.g., RDF, RDFS/OWL, SPARQL, triplestores, Neo4j).
Expertise in back‑end development (e.g., Django, Flask).
Previous contributions to open‑source projects in the machine learning or bioinformatics space.
Does this appeal to you?
Please advise if you have any particular requirements, so we can look into arranging reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. You can contact us at accessIErecruitment@accenture.com.
What’s in it for you
At Accenture Ireland, in addition to a competitive base salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes pension, private health insurance, discounted gym membership, emergency caring facilities, and 2 days’ leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexible working arrangements can be discussed depending on the position.
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