Senior Scientific Data Engineer, Data Platform

Join Recursion as a Senior Scientific Data Engineer to build, scale, and operate a cutting‑edge data platform that supports the company’s mission of industrializing drug discovery. You will work closely with biologists, chemists, and data scientists to make our ever‑expanding biological, chemical, and patient‑centric datasets discoverable, queryable, and relatable.

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• Build, scale, and maintain a data platform and the pipelines that feed it, enabling users to discover and query across billions of compounds, petabytes of microscopy images, and millions of assay results.
  
• Integrate heterogeneous datasets and establish relatability and query‑ability so future analyses can be performed without re‑inventing data models.
  
• Mentor, coach, and sponsor colleagues across the organization, sharing technical expertise and driving impact and growth.
  

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• Our Data Platform team owns the Data Lake/house, scientific data products, and public/third‑party data feeds such as ChEMBL, patent data, and chemical vendor catalogs.
  
• Collaboration across multiple groups ensures data discoverability, query‑ability, and relatability while continuously adding new data sets and modalities.
  

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• Degree in a drug‑discovery related science (e.g., Chemistry or Biology).
  
• 5+ years of deep experience building cloud‑based data platforms that support the discovery, query, and processing of large datasets.
  
• Comprehensive knowledge of data‑platform architectures (data lake, data warehouse) and the ability to select appropriate solutions.
  
• Familiarity with Python, dbt, Prefect, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, and Google Cloud Platform.
  
• Proven track record of working on technically complex projects with significant ambiguity and cross‑system integration.
  
• People‑first mindset and strong communication skills.
  
• Passion for delivering maintainable, monitored solutions that can be quantified in production.
  

Working Location & Compensation

This position can be based at our London or Milton Park office. Recursion operates a hybrid model with a 50% office attendance requirement. The annual base salary ranges from £75,900 – £101,900, plus an annual bonus, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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• We act boldly with integrity and take calculated risks while upholding science and ethics.
  
• We care deeply, showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action.
  
• We learn actively and adapt rapidly through experimentation and iteration.
  
• We move with urgency because patients are waiting.
  
• We take ownership and accountability, enabling trust and autonomy.
  
• We are One Recursion, promoting cross‑functional collaboration, clarity, humility, and impact.
  

More About Recursion

Recursion is a clinical‑stage TechBio company accelerating drug discovery through an operating system that unites biology, chemistry, and patient data with advanced machine‑learning over massive experimental and computational scale.

Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates during all stages of the hiring process.