Senior AI Researcher at Recursion (Remote, United States)
Job Description
Recursion is hiring a Senior AI Researcher, remote in the United States, to work at the forefront of AI-powered drug discovery, advancing frontier research and end-to-end applications across discovery, design and translation with scientists, engineers and drug hunters.
At a glance
- Role: Senior AI Researcher
- Where: Remote, United States
- Level: PhD in ML, NLP or computer vision, or equivalent experience, plus 3+ years of frontier AI research
- Focus: AI for drug discovery, from virtual cells to virtual patients
- Apply: open until filled (re-checked 12 October 2026)
About the AI research role
- Advance frontier AI research for biomedical discovery
- Build end-to-end AI applications across discovery, design and translation
- Work with large datasets on cross-functional AI projects alongside scientists, engineers and drug hunters
- Help build towards a biomedical world model linking cellular and patient data
The team’s long-term aim is a unifying biomedical world model that bridges the virtual patient and the virtual cell, using real-world data to connect clinical care with drug discovery.
What Recursion is looking for
- A PhD in machine learning, NLP or computer vision, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of frontier AI research experience
- Experience with large datasets and cross-functional AI projects
- Strong spoken and written communication, and passion for real-world impact
Nice to have
- Experience in biomedicine and drug discovery (the posting says willingness to learn is a must)
Pay and location
Recursion’s posting does not state a salary. The role is remote within the United States.
How to apply
Apply through the official Recursion job posting. Recursion’s posting does not give a closing date, so the role is open until filled; ResearchJobs.in will re-check this listing on 12 October 2026. Check the posting for location and work-authorisation details before you apply.
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Hiring institution: Recursion
Official advertisement: job-boards.greenhouse.io
How to prepare for this application
- Phenomics: read how Recursion uses cell images from genetic and chemical perturbations as data.
- Virtual cells: have a view on what a virtual cell model should predict and how to test it.
- Research depth: prepare to present a frontier AI project you led, with its impact.
- Biology curiosity: show you are willing to learn the domain; the posting stresses it.
- Cross-functional work: bring an example of working closely with non-ML scientists.
About Recursion
Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company whose mission is decoding biology to radically improve lives. It describes itself as a pioneer in AI-native drug discovery, operating one of the largest AI compute clusters in biopharma and generating perturbation data at industrial scale through cellular phenomics, with a pipeline of investigational medicines including in oncology and rare disease.
