Senior Data Engineer, Data Platform
Recursion
Location
London or Milton Park office (hybrid, 50% office time)
Type
Full-time
Posted
Dec 15, 2025
Compensation
USD 84000 – 84000
Mission
What you will drive
- Build, scale, and operate a data platform that allows users to discover and query across Recursion's diverse datasets including billions of compounds, petabytes of cellular microscopy images, and millions of assay results
- Build relatability and query-ability into heterogeneous datasets generated from diverse biological models and treatment approaches to enable future scientific discovery
- Act as a mentor, coach, and sponsor by sharing technical knowledge and experiences to deliver impact, learning, and growth across teams
Impact
The difference you'll make
This role contributes to decoding biology to industrialize drug discovery, advancing the future of medicine by building data platforms that enable scientific discovery and improve patient outcomes.
Profile
What makes you a great fit
- 5+ years of deep experience in modern, cloud-based data engineering tools to build data platforms for large datasets
- Up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and tools with understanding of tradeoffs between different data platform architectures and technologies
- Experience working collaboratively on projects with significant ambiguity and technical complexity spanning multiple systems and diverse technologies
- People-first mindset with drive to deliver technical solutions that are easily monitored and understood in production
Benefits
What's in it for you
Estimated annual base range: £75,900 - £101,900, plus eligibility for annual bonus and equity compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package. Hybrid work environment requiring 50% office time.
About
Inside Recursion
Recursion is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to industrialize drug discovery through its Recursion Operating System platform, which leverages massive experimental and computational scale to advance the future of medicine.