Pharmaceutical R&D Expert - Fully Remote
Remote / Online - Candidates ideally in
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 94199, USA
Listed on 2026-10-12
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 94199, USA
Listing for:
mercor
Remote/Work from Home
position Listed on 2026-10-12
Job specializations:
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Research/Development
Research Scientist, Pharmaceutical Science/ Research, Drug Discovery, Biotech Research
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 .
Position:
Preclinical R&D Expert – In-house Drug Development
Type:
Contract
Compensation: $60–$100/hour
Location:
Remote
Commitment: 10 hours/week
Role Responsibilities- Review technical materials and real‑world R&D data in your area of expertise.
- Label, classify, and annotate scientific data and model outputs to improve model performance.
- Provide expert perspective on key scientific and development decisions, including target/modality selection and optimization.
- Help define structure and quality standards for the client's dataset pipeline .
- Participate in expert discussions, interviews, and research engagements.
- Interface directly with the client team to ensure alignment and progress.
- Hands‑on, non‑administrative preclinical R&D experience at a company developing its own drug assets.
- Experience in core R&D functions : discovery biology, medicinal chemistry, protein/antibody engineering, computational, in vivo/translational, pharmacology/PK‑PD, toxicology, or CMC/formulation.
- Hands‑on experience with one or more drug modalities: small molecules, monoclonal antibodies, peptides, ADCs, bispecifics, mRNA, siRNA, ASOs, PROTACs, molecular glues, cell therapies, gene therapies, radioligand therapies, etc.
- 5+ years of relevant industry R&D experience .
- Experience taking a program through lead optimization or IND‑enabling/preclinical development.
- Experience at mid‑sized, emerging, or resource‑constrained biotech, ideally outside the top‑20 pharmaceutical companies.
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