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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6 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Meta	AI Research Scientist —Generative AI for Materials Discovery	Big Tech	10	L2
Microsoft	AI for Science Residency - Machine Learning Resident	Big Tech	9	L2
Meta	AI Research Engineer, FAIR Chemistry	Big Tech	9	L1
Microsoft	AI for Science Postdoctoral Researcher - Biomolecular AI & Experimental Data Integration	Big Tech	8	L0
Amazon	Principal Product Manager - Technical, AWS Life Sciences	Big Tech	7	L4
Meta	Automation Engineer, Materials Research Science	Big Tech	7	L4

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.