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Research Scientist, Molecular Dynamics

Recursion ·
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AI-Agency
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📍 New York, US 🌐 Remote/hybrid 💰 $138K–$174K Senior
Pythonmolecular dynamicsbinding free energymetadynamicsMMPBSAquantum mechanics
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Research Scientist in Molecular Dynamics at Recursion, a TechBio company using AI and automation for drug discovery. Develop and implement computational physics methods including molecular dynamics simulations and binding free energy calculations to support active drug discovery projects.

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Job description

Your work will change lives. Including your own. 

The Impact You’ll Make

Recursion is a leading TechBio company that is transforming drug discovery by using AI and automation to find new medicines. Its powerful platform combines different technologies to create one of the world's largest proprietary collections of biological and chemical data. By running millions of lab experiments each week and using one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, Recursion brings together technology, biology, and chemistry to revolutionize medicine. 

We are looking for an experienced and motivated scientist to join our computational physics team, which is essential for designing molecules in our pipeline by supporting active drug discovery projects. This team also develops and implements cutting-edge methods to keep our platform at the forefront of computational sciences.

In this role, you will:

The Team You’ll Join 

You will become an essential member of the Computational Physics team, which supports several phases of drug discovery, from initial hypothesis to lead optimization. The team's goal is to build highly accurate and automated atomistic models and pipelines to obtain crucial molecular-level insights for advancing drug candidates. We employ physics-based and physics-informed models, such as molecular dynamics simulations, absolute and relative binding free energy methods, metadynamics, MM/PBSA, and quantum-mechanical calculations, to enable cost-effective and scalable structure-based drug discovery. We work closely with design teams and collaborate with partners like the AI experts at the Frontier Hub, making our highly accurate methods more accessible and scalable for all.

The Experience You’ll Need

Working Location & Compensation:

This is an office-based, hybrid role in our New York office. Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time.

At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role, the estimated current annual base range for this role is $138,300 to $174,700. You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation, as well as a comprehensive benefits package. 

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The 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.

Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively.

More About Recursion

Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting.

Recursion’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at www.recursion.com, or connect on X and LinkedIn.

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 federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation. 

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.


Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Recursion Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Recursion or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Recursion’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Recursion, and Recursion will not owe any referral or other fees. Our team will communicate directly with candidates who are not represented by an agent or intermediary unless otherwise agreed to prior to interviewing for the job.
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