Senior AI Researcher

Recursion
Salt Lake City, Utah / Milton Park, Oxfordshire / New York2026-09-09

About the job

As a Senior AI Researcher, you will join our cross-functional team of top-notch scientists, engineers, and drug hunters in the quest of scalable biomedical discovery. You will work at the forefront of AI-powered drug discovery, advancing frontier research and end-to-end applications across discovery, design, and translation.

Responsibilities

- Join a cross-functional team of scientists, engineers, and drug hunters in the quest of scalable biomedical discovery

- Work at the forefront of AI-powered drug discovery

- Advance frontier research and end-to-end applications across discovery, design, and translation

- Develop a unifying biomedical world model by bridging virtual patient and virtual cell

- Turn real-world data into a discovery engine to close the loop of clinical care and drug discovery

Qualifications

Minimum

- PhD in ML, NLP, computer vision, or the equivalent practical experience

- Passionate about real-world applications and impact

- Strong verbal and writing communication skills

- 3+ years of frontier AI research experience

- Experience with large datasets and cross-functional AI projects

- Willingness to learn

Preferred

- Experience in biomedicine and drug discovery a plus