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Biology Phd - Assessment Specialist
Job in
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 94199, USA
Listed on 2026-09-16
Listing for:
Mercor
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-16
Job specializations:
-
Research/Development
Biology, Research Scientist, Academic
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: Applied Biology Benchmark Specialist
Type:
Contract
Compensation: $60-$75/hour
Location:
Remote
Commitment:
10+ hours/week
- Author original biology questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall.
- Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined. All necessary information must be in the problem statement.
- Rate each question's difficulty:
Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above). - Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
- Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format.
- Supply 1-5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories).
- For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.
- PhD or doctoral candidate in Biology
, Molecular Biology
, Biochemistry
, Neuroscience
, or a closely related field. - Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
- Strong command of graduate-level biological concepts, experimental design, and data interpretation.
- Research publications or laboratory experience in biological sciences is a strong plus.
- Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.
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