About Vernalis

Working within our fully equipped research laboratories in Cambridge, our established group of scientists are world leaders in multiple hit-ID technologies and structure-based drug discovery.

Our scientists develop and apply lead generation and structure-based methods to solve problems in drug discovery and have generated cell active compounds and development candidates against targets in multiple therapeutic areas including oncology, neurodegeneration, anti-infectives and inflammation.

The Role

As the Scientific Computing Engineer, you will be the architectural backbone and primary steward of our research computing ecosystem. You will bridge the gap between high-level scientific inquiry and enterprise-grade IT stability. This is a hands-on, senior technical role where you will manage a sophisticated hybrid environment—ranging from high-performance CPU/GPU clusters for computational chemistry to Dockerised application stacks—ensuring our scientists have the frictionless compute power they need to innovate. A scientific or research computing background is central to this role: you will be expected to understand the science, not just the servers.

You will act as a vital Technical Liaison, translating the agile, performance-driven requirements of the Research group into actionable, secure configurations for the Enterprise IT team.