What is Drug Discovery and how common is it in AI job postings?

Drug Discovery is a skill in the "Applied ML Domains" category. It currently appears in 43 active AI roles across 16 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Drug Discovery?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Drug Discovery are: NVIDIA (6), Pfizer (5), Merck (5), Lila Sciences (4), Meta (3).

Is demand for Drug Discovery growing?

Over the last 11 weeks, 34 new AI postings mentioned Drug Discovery. Demand is rising — up 171% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Drug Discovery used?

Roles requiring Drug Discovery are concentrated in: post-training (35%), agents (30%), application (12%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

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Drug Discovery

43 active AI roles across 16 companies mention Drug Discovery. Category: Applied ML Domains.

Top employers

NVIDIA6Semiconductors Pfizer5Pharma Merck5Pharma Lila Sciences4AI Frontier Meta3Big Tech Iambic3Pharma Celonis3Data AI Tempus AI2Vertical AI OpenAI2AI Frontier Microsoft2Big Tech Johnson & Johnson2Pharma Anthropic2AI Frontier Walmart1Retail Fireworks AI1Data AI Weights & Biases1Data AI Amazon1Big Tech

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning Drug Discovery per week — 34 total over 11 weeks.

Sector

All Pharma · 18 Big Tech · 8 AI Frontier · 8 Semiconductors · 6 Data AI · 5 Vertical AI · 2 Retail · 1

Function

All Research · 24 Engineering · 17 Product · 7

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48 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Meta	AI Research Scientist —Generative AI for Materials Discovery	Big Tech	10	L2
NVIDIA	Senior Research Scientist, Fundamental Generative AI	Semiconductors	10	L1
NVIDIA	Research Scientist, Fundamental Generative AI - New College Grad 2026	Semiconductors	10	L1
Anthropic	Manager, Applied AI Engineering, Life Sciences (Beneficial Deployments)	AI Frontier	9	L4
Johnson & Johnson	Postdoctoral Data Analytics Computational Sciences	Pharma	9	L2
Anthropic	Research Scientist, Life Sciences	AI Frontier	9	L2
Microsoft	AI for Science Residency - Machine Learning Resident	Big Tech	9	L2
Johnson & Johnson	Senior Scientist, AI Applications - R&D Immunology Data Science & Digital Health	Pharma	9	L4
Iambic	Machine Learning Scientist — Large multimodal models	Pharma	9	L2
Lila Sciences	Senior / Principal Scientist, AI for Protein Engineering	AI Frontier	9	L0
NVIDIA	Senior Robotics Research Engineer, Robotics and AI for Drug Discovery	Semiconductors	9	L4
Meta	AI Research Engineer, FAIR Chemistry	Big Tech	9	L1
Johnson & Johnson	Senior Scientist, AI Applications - R&D Oncology	Pharma	9	L4
Fireworks AI	Member of Technical Staff, Research	Data AI	9	L1
Google	Research Scientist, Protein Design, DeepMind	Big Tech	8	L0
Merck	Associate Director, Data Science	Pharma	8	L2
Merck	Associate Director, Data Science	Pharma	8	L2
Pfizer	Principal ML/AI Cheminformatics Scientist	Pharma	8	L2
Johnson & Johnson	Postdoctoral Data Analytics Computational Sciences	Pharma	8	L2
Weights & Biases	Principal Solution Specialist, Infrastructure	Data AI	8	L4
Tempus AI	Translational Scientist, Applied Machine Learning and Agentic AI, Pharma R&D	Vertical AI	8	L4
Microsoft	AI for Science Postdoctoral Researcher - Biomolecular AI & Experimental Data Integration	Big Tech	8	L0
Pfizer	Senior Scientist, Computational Biotherapeutics Engineering	Pharma	8	L2
Amazon	Senior Applied Scientist, Healthcare and Life Science Services	Big Tech	8	L4
Lila Sciences	Principal / Sr. Principal BioML Scientist	AI Frontier	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Systems Engineer, Neural Graphics	Semiconductors	8	L6
OpenAI	Technical Deployment Lead, Life Sciences	AI Frontier	8	L6
NVIDIA	Senior Architect	Semiconductors	8	L6
Walmart	(USA) Staff, Data Scientist	Retail	8	L6
Merck	Sr. Manager, MCICC	Pharma	8	L2

Frequently asked questions

What is Drug Discovery and how common is it in AI job postings?
Drug Discovery is a skill in the "Applied ML Domains" category. It currently appears in 43 active AI roles across 16 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Drug Discovery?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Drug Discovery are: NVIDIA (6), Pfizer (5), Merck (5), Lila Sciences (4), Meta (3).
Is demand for Drug Discovery growing?
Over the last 11 weeks, 34 new AI postings mentioned Drug Discovery. Demand is rising — up 171% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Drug Discovery used?
Roles requiring Drug Discovery are concentrated in: post-training (35%), agents (30%), application (12%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.