Data Science Returnship

Role Summary

Data Science Returnship at Recursion. This four-month program provides an opportunity to re-enter the STEM workforce with mentorship and cross-functional collaboration in a bid to advance early-stage drug discovery through data science and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Partner with biologists and chemists to advance early-stage programs through exploratory data analysis and experiment evaluation.
• Analyze and improve semi-automated evaluation systems via exploratory data analysis, method development, and deployment of new data analysis methods or metrics.
• Maintain, update, and improve scientific code-bases to harden systems, improve observability, accelerate development, and enable new capabilities and automations.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in either:
  • applying probability, statistics, and machine learning to real-world datasets
  • developing scientific software, workflow orchestration, or data-engineering
• Familiarity with the Python data stack (e.g., numpy, pandas, scikit-learn).
• Prior experience in collaborative software development, including version control tools like git.
• Ability to critically review Python code, whether authored by peers or coding agents.
• Aptitude for breaking down complex problems into manageable parts and communicating project objectives and progress to a diverse team.
• Nice to have:
  • Experience analyzing biological or high-dimensional datasets.
  • Familiarity with workflow orchestration systems (e.g., Prefect).
  • Experience accelerating and improving code development with coding agents.

Skills

• Exploratory data analysis
• Scientific software development
• Data governance and observability
• Python programming and data tooling
• Collaboration across biology, chemistry, data science, and engineering teams

Education

• No specific degree requirement listed; candidates with a strong foundational background in the relevant domains are considered.

Additional Requirements

• Career hiatus of 2+ years from the STEM industry.
• Based in Salt Lake City, UT with hybrid working flexibility; February 2026 through end of May 2026 program duration.