Bioinformatics Specialist | Remote | Mercor

Position: Bioinformatics Specialist | $85/hr Remote | Mercor

Bioinformatics Specialist | $85/hr Remote | Mercor

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Base pay range

$65.00/hr - $85.00/hr

Organization: Mercor

Position: PhD-Level Computational Biologist

Referral Partner: Crossing Hurdles

Type: Hourly Contract

Compensation: $65–$85/hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities (Training support will be provided)

• Design biologically grounded benchmark problems with correct answers and multiple plausible distractors.
• Identify, preprocess, and anonymize datasets from repositories such as GEO, SRA, and NCBI.
• Subsample and structure datasets to prevent metadata inference.
• Validate dataset solutions using bioinformatics analysis pipelines and visualizations.
• Work within technical limits including dataset size and time constraints for each task.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in computational biology, bioinformatics, genomics, or a related field.
• Strong experience analyzing sequencing or omics datasets (e.g., RNA‑seq, WGS, mass spec).
• Proficiency with bioinformatics tools (e.g., BLAST, samtools, DESeq2) and formats (FASTA/FASTQ/BAM).
• Skilled in Python, R, or bash; experience working with Jupyter notebooks.
• Understanding of biological experiment design and common data artifacts such as batch effects.

Application Process (Takes 20 min)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume (15 min)

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Research, Education, and Science

Industries

Higher Education and Research Services