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Senior Researcher/Engineer: AI for biomolecular modelling and simulation

Microsoft • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Salary

£75k – £123k

Posted

30 October 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Microsoft is hiring a Senior Researcher/Engineer: AI for biomolecular modelling and simulation in Cambridge, a full-time engineering role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £75k – £123k. Microsoft holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Overview The Human Genome Project made human protein sequences accessible at scale; AlphaFold did the same for structure prediction. But our understanding biomolecular function is still in its infancy, limiting our ability to develop safe, effective medicines. Our aim is to solve biomolecular function at scale. To do so, we develop AI emulators that model how biomolecules change structure and form complexes, how they interact with drug molecules and nucleic acids, how they change over time and …

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Employer: Microsoft — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £75k – £123k
How this salary compares: about 162% above the £46,716 median across 1,073 engineering roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 7 other live engineering roles in Cambridge — browse them
Posted: 30 October 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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