Recursion is a TechBio company that is transforming drug discovery by using AI and automation to find new medicines. The company is looking for an experienced scientist to join its computational physics team to support active drug discovery projects by designing molecules and developing cutting-edge methods to keep the platform at the forefront of computational sciences.
Requirements
- PhD in Chemistry, Physics, Computational Chemistry, Computational Physics, or a related subject area
- Basic knowledge of drug discovery processes and the application of molecular simulations in this field
- Good programming skills, preferably Python for scripting, data analysis, and tool development
- Proven track record in the application and development of molecular simulation or computational chemistry tools
- Experience in running large-scale jobs using compute clusters or cloud-based infrastructures
Responsibilities
- Lead the application of advanced computational physics methods, to address challenging drug discovery problems and drive project success
- Keep up with the latest scientific developments, assess new technologies for their use in internal workflows, and devise plans for their implementation
- Collaborate with drug designers and software engineers in multidisciplinary teams to deliver scientific solutions to complex technical problems
- Communicate your findings to both internal and external audiences to guide decisions and contribute to the scientific community
- Build highly accurate and automated atomistic models and pipelines to obtain crucial molecular-level insights for advancing drug candidates
- 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
- 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
Other
- Excellent communicator and passionate about creating a collaborative work environment
- Office-based, hybrid role can be based in our either our London or New York office. Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time.
- We act boldly with integrity.
- We care deeply and engage directly.
- We learn actively and adapt rapidly.
