Edison Scientific
Edison Scientific is seeking a Computational Chemist to join its Forward Deployed team, working onsite with pharma and biotech partners to ensure AI agents produce credible and useful chemistry for drug discovery. The role involves building benchmarks, evaluating agent outputs, and collaborating with medicinal chemists to integrate AI into discovery workflows. This position requires translating chemistry expertise into agent behavior and supporting technical evaluations with the go-to-market team.
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Company Size
1-10 employees
Founded
2025
Edison Scientific builds an AI platform that functions like an autonomous scientist to accelerate scientific R&D and drug discovery. Its Edison Platform and Kosmos products autonomously read and synthesize literature, analyze data, design and optimize molecules, and run hundreds of research tasks in parallel to generate validated findings and publication‑ready figures. The web‑based platform unifies target discovery, data synthesis/analysis, molecular design, and broader drug development workflows across disciplines. Research teams use Edison to compress timelines, automate repetitive experiments and analyses, and turn raw datasets into actionable, reproducible reports.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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