Biology PhD - Scientific Coder - AI Trainer

mercorSan Diego, CAtoday

Occupations

Bioinformatics Scientists Biologists Biological Scientists, All Other

Industries

Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services

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

What you'll do: Source your own material: a published paper, a Kaggle dataset, an open-source repository, or a scenario you design Write scientific prompts based on the input Build the grading criteria that define a correct answer Calibrate against frontier models — a task ships only when strong models fail it more often than they succeed Required PhD in biology, biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, ecology, or a closely related field Demonstrated depth in at least two of the following subdomains: ecology, biochemistry, genetics Working proficiency in Python, R, or another relevant programming language for scientific computing Comfortable with Git/Git Hub and running code in Docker — authoring runs through a pull-request workflow with automated quality checks Preferred Publications in peer-reviewed journals Prior scientific software or research engineering experience Engagement

Duration: 6 weeks Commitment: part-time, 20+ hours per week

Start date: immediate ProcessA 25-minute conversational interview covering your background, experience, and motivations Follow up within a few days with next steps and onboarding

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Level

SeniorL5

Location

San Diego, CA

Occupation

Bioinformatics Scientists

Industry

Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)

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