Biology PhD Coding Experts
Mercor
$70/hour · as listed
Mercor is seeking advanced scientists with PhD-level expertise in biology to design challenging evaluation tasks for frontier AI models. Working remotely on an hourly basis, you'll create original research problems centered on scientific computing—drawing from domains like ecology, biochemistry, or genetics. Your role involves authoring executable code-based challenges that test the limits of current AI systems, contributing to a new benchmark developed in partnership with leading AI research labs. This is ideal for researchers with deep technical knowledge in biology and strong coding skills who want to shape how AI capabilities are evaluated in scientific domains.
This is a remote, flexible engagement listed at $70/hour, suited to scientists at the Master's or PhD level looking for focused, specialized AI data work outside traditional employment.
From the listing: Mercor marketplace · hourly · 40h/week. Mercor is hiring PhD and Master's scientists to author AI evaluation tasks (Sci Code) Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs on a new benchmark for scientific computing. You will author original, executable research problems that today's frontier models cannot solve. Domains — depth required in at least two subdomains (with a coding focus) - Biology — ecology, biochemistry, genetics
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