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Senior AI Researcher

Recursion Remote Opportunity - United States Remote senior full-time

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Description

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

  • 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
  • Experience in biomedicine and drug discovery a plus; willingness to learn a must!

Values We Hope You Share

  • We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust.
  • We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action.
  • We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment, test, and refine, embracing iteration over perfection.
  • We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
  • We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy,leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together.
  • We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust, clarity, humility, and impact. Through sharing, we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • biomedicine
  • drug discovery

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