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Biochemistry Expert - Fully Remote
Remote / Online - Candidates ideally in
Denver, Denver County, Colorado, 80285, USA
Listed on 2026-09-23
Denver, Denver County, Colorado, 80285, USA
Listing for:
mercor
Remote/Work from Home
position Listed on 2026-09-23
Job specializations:
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Research/Development
Research Scientist, Biology
Job Description & How to Apply Below
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
PositionBiology PhD Coding Experts
TypeContract
Compensation$70/hour
LocationRemote
Duration6 weeks
Commitment20+ hours/week
Start DateImmediate
Interview ProcessA 25-minute conversational interview covering your background, experience, and motivations.
Role Responsibilities- Source material from published papers, Kaggle datasets, or open-source repositories to create research problems.
- Write scientific prompts and develop grading criteria for correct answers.
- Calibrate tasks against frontier models, ensuring strong models fail more often than they succeed.
- Utilize Python, R, or other programming languages for scientific computing.
- Work with Git/Git Hub and Docker for code execution and quality checks.
- Collaborate asynchronously and independently to meet deadlines and improve AI model performance.
- PhD in biology, biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, ecology, or a closely related field.
- Depth in at least two subdomains: ecology, biochemistry, genetics.
- Proficiency in Python, R, or another relevant programming language.
- Comfortable with Git/Git Hub and Docker.
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Prior scientific software or research engineering experience.
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