Scientist Machine Learning for Ingredient Discovery - Long Island City, NY
dsm-firmenich · Princeton, NJ
$100,000–$140,000from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Princeton, NJ
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A machine learning scientist role focused on building AI-driven tools for small molecule discovery, primarily in fragrance and taste applications. Day-to-day work involves developing and deploying ML models — including neural networks, generative AI, and agentic workflows — using Python and cheminformatics toolkits, on cloud infrastructure. The role sits at the intersection of computational chemistry and sensory biology, collaborating closely with chemists, biologists, and perfumers. A doctoral background in a relevant quantitative field is expected.
Mid level · 2+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Doctorate required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 300 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 75–390
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $103,548–$176,968). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (6)
The role is titled 'Scientist Machine Learning' with no explicit seniority level in the title; the level advertised in the title is therefore Unspecified.
A Ph.D. is listed as a hard requirement under 'You Bring', with 2–5 years of post-doctoral academic or industrial experience also required — the overall years minimum is set to 2 (the stated minimum of that range).
TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Keras are all listed together as a group of required libraries; they are partially interchangeable within the deep-learning framework category, so each is emitted as a required skill with the others listed as alternatives.
Azure and AWS: the JD lists both in the responsibilities section as a deployment target ('Deploy and manage machine learning workflows on Azure and AWS'), but under 'You Bring' cloud experience is explicitly called 'a plus' — treated as preferred accordingly.
The role spans two metros (Princeton, NJ and Long Island City, NY); both fall within the New York–Newark–Jersey City CBSA (35620), so a single CBSA is used. State is set to NJ (Princeton, the first-listed location).
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) is noted because the role involves substantial model building, deployment, and API/tooling work, but the primary framing is scientific ML research and discovery — Data Scientists is the better fit.
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