Biopharmaceutical Chemist

Location: Groton, CT, USA; candidates must live within a commutable distance. The position is Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM, with overtime, weekend, and holiday work as needed. Authorization to work indefinitely in the United States without restriction or sponsorship is required.

Salary: USD 25–30.5 per hour

Company

hirify.global provides analytical testing and laboratory services across food, environmental, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, genomics, clinical, and related life sciences sectors.

What you will do

• Provide analytical chemistry support for clinical drug development projects.
• Execute in-vitro biopharmaceutics protocols, including thermodynamic solubility, USP dissolution, precipitation, and flux assays.
• Prepare analytical solutions and biorelevant media, including accurate weighing, potency corrections, buffer preparation, and handling of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
• Analyze study samples using HPLC and UV-vis, including calibration standards, sample processing, and drug concentration quantitation.
• Review dissolution, solubility, and analytical data, investigate anomalous results, and document findings in electronic lab notebooks and technical reports.
• Maintain laboratory readiness, equipment scheduling, consumables, safe practices, and shifting project priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Physical Chemistry, Biochemistry, or a related discipline with 2+ years of relevant experience, or a relevant master’s degree with experience.
• Working knowledge of HPLC and UV-vis spectroscopy for quantifying organic small molecules in solution.
• Basic proficiency in scientific data analysis, spreadsheet calculations, and chromatography data interfaces.
• Strong written and oral communication, attention to detail, quantitative ability, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Customer-focused, adaptable, and comfortable supporting multiple project teams with shifting timelines.
• Must be authorized to work indefinitely in the United States without restriction or sponsorship and be within commuting distance of Groton, CT.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with USP dissolution, solubility, precipitation, or flux assays.
• Experience with GraphPad Prism, Origin/OriginPro, JMP, or similar analytical software.
• One to two years of wet-lab experience in a pharmaceutical company or contracting organization.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Work in a cross-functional laboratory environment supporting multiple project teams.