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Recursion

Senior AI/HPC Storage Engineer

Recursion, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States,


Your work will change lives. Including your own.

The Impact You’ll MakeRecursion is a pioneering TechBio company that leverages AI and machine learning to decode biology and accelerate drug discovery, with data as a key differentiator and value driver. We are seeking a Senior AI/HPC Storage Engineer to join our innovative team. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, implementing, and managing advanced AI/HPC data systems that propel our groundbreaking drug discovery research.You will leverage your expertise in infrastructure solutions for Science to ensure the performance, scalability, and reliability of our storage systems. Your work will involve creating and maintaining robust infrastructure, automating processes, and optimizing storage systems to handle massive amounts of data and complex computational workloads, while ensuring high data integrity. In this role:You will be responsible for designing, implementing, testing, maintaining, and optimizing our data storage infrastructure and services, utilizing an Infrastructure as Code approach across both on-premises and public cloud environments.Your leadership and technical expertise will be key in driving innovation across all storage tiers within our AI/HPC infrastructure, ensuring we deliver a scalable and effective data platform to support our mission.By developing scripts and workflows, you will automate and verify storage infrastructure provisioning and dynamic reconfiguration, enhancing support for our AI/HPC storage environments.Your meticulous attention to detail will be crucial for performance analysis, benchmarking, troubleshooting and fine-tuning of our data storage systems and services, while efficiently managing user tickets.Your role also includes researching, deploying, and optimizing accessibility, performance, security, and data lifecycle management policies.Regular assessments of our storage platforms' health and operational performance against established metrics will be part of your responsibilities, with a focus on meeting and exceeding operational service level objectives.Finally, as a lead in technical communication and customer collaboration, your efforts will ensure high levels of customer satisfaction. This role presents a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact within our organization and the broader scientific community.Location:This position is based at our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, or in our offices in Toronto, Canada, or London, United Kingdom, but we may also consider a fully-remote hybrid working arrangement. We ask that hybrid employees commit to regular on-site visits for routine work and departmental events.The Team You’ll JoinAs a Senior AI/HPC Storage Engineer, you will be a part of our dedicated HPC Engineering and Operations team, reporting directly to the Director. This dynamic team includes 3 experienced Engineers, and with the addition of this role, you'll be part of an empowered, cross-functional unit.Our HPC team works in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, handling a broad spectrum of Scientific Infrastructure projects. These range from developing advanced, scalable infrastructure to deploying and managing AI/HPC resources and automating operational processes. The team also plays a crucial role in the curation of our vast data platform, which caters to a diverse set of professionals, including biologists, data scientists, and automation engineers.The Experience You’ll NeedA minimum of 7 years of experience in managing data storage infrastructure, preferably within global BioPharma organizations.In-depth knowledge of distributed/parallel file systems (IBM Storage Scale GPFS), multi-tier file (NAS), hybrid object storage (MinIO), and storage access and data transfer networking protocols.Experience with RDMA-capable high-speed networking.Extensive experience designing, deploying, testing, supporting, and troubleshooting complex Linux-based computing and data storage environments.Python programming and Bash scripting experience. In-depth hands-on experience in provisioning, configuring, and managing infrastructure through modern CI/CD techniques, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation principles.Solid experience with software-defined infrastructure and cloud computing platforms, including Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, and others.Practical knowledge of resource management and job scheduling using Slurm and Kubernetes. Knowledge of container technologies like Apptainer and Docker.Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective documentation and collaboration.Prior experience mentoring, guiding, and cross-training team members.How You’ll be SupportedThe Onboarding process will include peer knowledge transfer sessions, introductions to key stakeholders, and comprehensive exposure to our company culture and processes.You'll have the chance to learn from your colleagues during our regular lunch & learn and tech talk sessions.We offer the opportunity to attend courses for certification in new skills or technologies relevant to your role.If you're keen to hone your leadership skills, you'll have the option to participate in our coaching sessions.To ensure you're always at the forefront of your field, we offer the opportunity to attend conferences.The Values That We Hope You Share:We Care:

We care about our drug candidates, our Recursionauts, their families, each other, our communities, the patients we aim to serve and their loved ones. We also care about our work.We Learn:

Learning from the diverse perspectives of our fellow Recursionauts, and from failure, is an essential part of how we make progress.We Deliver:

We are unapologetic that our expectations for delivery are extraordinarily high. There is urgency to our existence: we sprint at maximum engagement, making time and space to recover.Act Boldly with Integrity:

No company changes the world or reinvents an industry without being bold. It must be balanced; not by timidity, but by doing the right thing even when no one is looking.We are One Recursion:

We operate with a 'company first, team second' mentality. Our success comes from working as one interdisciplinary team.Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity and inclusion. 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.

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