Remote Biology PhD Assessment Architect

Mercor; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking expert biologists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will craft rigorous multiple-choice questions across core biology domains and verify solution quality to establish gold-standard benchmarks for advancing AI capabilities.

You will handle one of two task types: question authoring or question verification, with emphasis on accuracy, clarity, and rigorous evaluation standards in a remote environment.

Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Biology or closely related field.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly.

Responsibilities

• Author original biology questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Rate difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible distractors.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions in markdown format.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question.
• For verification tasks, flag clarity/solvability issues and justify edits.

Skills

Biology expertise

Academic writing

Question authoring

Question verification

Education

PhD in Biology

Doctoral candidate

Master's degree (related field)

Job description

Mercor is seeking expert biologists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will craft rigorous multiple-choice questions across core biology domains and verify solution quality to establish gold-standard benchmarks for advancing AI capabilities.

You will handle one of two task types: question authoring or question verification, with emphasis on accuracy, clarity, and rigorous evaluation standards in a remote environment.