Recursion Pharmaceuticals

Engineering Manager - Machine Learning

Recursion Pharmaceuticals$210K — $282K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Toronto, ON
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in technical roles focusing on infrastructure and MLOps
  • Proven leadership experience in hands-on technical management
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems and orchestration techniques
  • Expertise in ML infrastructure technologies, GPU optimization, and model deployment
  • Passionate about continuous learning and mentoring others in technical areas
  • Familiarity with tools like Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms is beneficial

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale machine learning infrastructure for drug discovery
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify infrastructure needs
  • Act as a mentor and coach to foster growth and learning
  • Promote a model-driven culture that supports rapid experimentation
  • Optimize performance of GPU clusters and model deployment systems
  • Establish MLOps standards across the organization

Benefits

  • Full remote work flexibility
  • Collaborative working environment with technical leaders
  • Opportunities for mentorship and professional growth
  • Accessible and committed leadership
  • Comprehensive benefits package including bonuses and equity opportunities
Full Job Description
You will lead a team working to build, scale, and optimize the machine learning infrastructure that powers Recursion's drug discovery platform. From model training pipelines to production deployment systems, to agent infrastructure and Large Language Models, you will ensure our ML models can operate at massive scale across our supercomputing infrastructure, both on prem and in the cloud. You will work cross-functionally across ML engineering, data science, and research teams to translate requirements into robust, scalable ML infrastructure solutions. In This Role You Will: • Enable AI/ML, LLM, and Agentic Systems teams for scale - The ML infrastructure team is responsible for building and operating platforms that allow data scientists and ML engineers to train, deploy, and monitor models across Recursion's massive datasets. With billions of compounds, 30+ petabytes of experimental data, and complex deep learning workloads, your team enables everything from automated compound screening models to clinical trial prediction systems. You will work closely with researchers and ML engineers to understand their infrastructure needs and build scalable solutions for model development, training, and deployment. • Act as a mentor, coach, and sponsor - You will share your technical, leadership and managerial skills in MLOps, distributed computing, and infrastructure engineering, delivering impact, learning, and growth across teams at Recursion. We believe that the best work comes from working across organizational boundaries and you will have opportunities to partner with ML research, platform engineering, and business teams. • Enable a model-driven culture - Machine learning is at the core of everything we do. You will work with stakeholders across the business to ensure our ML infrastructure supports rapid experimentation, reliable model deployment, and continuous improvement. Problems you will work on could range from optimizing GPU cluster utilization to implementing Agentic orchestration and establishing company-wide MLOps standards The Team You'll Join: You'll be part of a group of technical leaders who work together on the craft of engineering leadership as well as debate ML system architecture, MLOps patterns, and infrastructure optimization strategies. We all work better when we have the support of those around us and are learning together to solve complex problems around model scalability, deployment reliability, and infrastructure efficiency across our teams. You will report to the Executive Director of Engineering who broadly oversees Cloud Infrastructure, High Performance Compute and Machine Learning Infrastructure space. The Experience You Will Need: • Experience in a hands-on technical role as a tech lead or a manager with a focus on infrastructure, MLOps and distributed systems. Excitement for deeply engaging in technical details with your team around machine learning, orchestration and agentic systems. • A people-first mindset. We deliver in a way that prioritizes supporting our coworkers in their growth and experience and understand how Conway's Law shapes our ML system outcomes. • Demonstrated past record of learning from and teaching peers in areas of ML infrastructure, model deployment, distributed compute, GPU optimization, and MLOps system architecture • Excitement to learn parts of our ML tech stack that you might not already know. Our current ML infrastructure includes: Python, PyTorch, Docker, Kubernetes, Ray, Weights & Biases, Prefect, BigQuery, Postgres, GCP, CUDA, and various model serving frameworks. • Fluency in life sciences or drug discovery is a plus but not required to be considered. Working Location & Compensation: This is a fully remote position based in Toronto, Canada. At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skills, experience, and qualifications needed for this role, the estimated annual base salary range is: $210,070-$282,851 (CAD). In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package. #LI-EP1

About Recursion Pharmaceuticals

Recursion Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to discover new drugs. The company's proprietary platform combines high-throughput biology, chemistry, and image-based data with machine learning algorithms to identify new treatments for diseases. Recursion Pharmaceuticals is focused on developing treatments for rare genetic diseases, including lysosomal storage disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and oncology. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Learn more about Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Size
400 employees
Market Cap
$1.3 billion
Industry
Founded
2013
NASDAQ

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