Remote Applied Biology Specialist (Contract)

Mercor; Sydney; Remote; AUD 118,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor seeks an Applied Biology Benchmark Specialist for a remote contract role. The candidate will craft questions across Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Industrial and Synthetic Biology, Medical Research & Drug Discovery, and related fields.

Requirements include a PhD or doctoral candidate in biology and excellence in written English. The role supports 10+ hours per week and pays $60–$75/hour.

Qualifications

• PhD in Biology or related field required; doctoral candidate acceptable.
• Master’s degree considered for exceptional depth in subfield.
• Strong command of graduate‑level biology concepts, experimental design, and data interpretation.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly.

Responsibilities

• Create biology questions across pharma, biotech, medical research, and agrifood biology.
• Ensure questions are clear, self-contained, and well-defined.
• Rate difficulty and provide 1 correct answer with 9 alternatives.
• Provide step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions in Markdown.
• Offer 1–5 academic references from reputable sources.
• Flag clarity or solvability issues and justify edits.

Skills

PhD in Biology

Strong written English

Graduate-level biology concepts

Education

PhD in Biology

Master's degree considered

Job description

Mercor seeks an Applied Biology Benchmark Specialist for a remote contract role. The candidate will craft questions across Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Industrial and Synthetic Biology, Medical Research & Drug Discovery, and related fields.

Requirements include a PhD or doctoral candidate in biology and excellence in written English. The role supports 10+ hours per week and pays $60–$75/hour.