ML Engineer

<p style="text-align:left">Job Description</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p><b>In this role, you will:</b></p><ul><li>Develop, optimize and scale up pipelines and web applications across different areas of drug discovery and development</li><li>Prototype, test and validate novel scientific solutions: algorithms, machine learning models, applications, pipelines and dashboards, focused mainly on protein design and protein engineering</li></ul><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Required Experience and Skills:</b></p><ul><li><span>Graduated (or pursuing) MSc or PhD degree in computer science, software engineering, bioinformatics, data science or related field with at least 2 years of experience in developing scientific applications in discovery or clinical development settings</span></li><li><span>Excellent problem-solving skills and high professional standards with strong ability to prioritize</span></li><li><span>Strong communication skills and ability to simplify and explain complex problems to data scientists and software engineers</span></li><li><span>Excellent programming skills in Python, and familiarity with Linux/Unix, Docker, SQL and versioning control e.g. Git</span></li><li><span>Solid knowledge and hands-on experience developing machine and deep learning models via Python (Scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow etc)</span></li><li><span>Experience with HPC, cloud computing (AWS) and distributed computing</span></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Required Skills:</b></p>Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Data Science, Distributed Computing, Docker (Software), Git, High Performance Computing (HPC), Linux, Python (Programming Language), PyTorch, Software Engineering, Structured Query Language (SQL), Unix<p></p><p><b>Preferred Skills:</b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">Current Employees apply <a href="https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$6687.htmld" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">Current Contingent Workers apply <a href="https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$4020.htmld" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully </b><br />Merck &amp; Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp &amp; Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. </p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Employee Status: </b></p>Regular<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Relocation:</b></p>No relocation<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>VISA Sponsorship:</b></p>Yes<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><span>Travel Requirements:</span></b></p>10%<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Flexible Work Arrangements:</b></p>Not Applicable<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Shift:</b></p>Not Indicated<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Valid Driving License:</b></p>No<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Hazardous Material(s):</b></p>N/A<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Job Posting End Date:</b></p>03/22/2026<p style="text-align:left"><b><span>*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day <u>BEFORE</u> the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day <u>BEFORE</u> the job posting end date. </span></b></p>