Frontier AI-Driven Drug Discovery Scientist

Mercor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor in the United Kingdom seeks a researcher to design evaluation frameworks for frontier AI in drug discovery. You’ll craft problems that require genuine reasoning, assemble a data room from grounded sources, and define grading criteria focused on substance over style.

Commitment is 20–40 hours weekly; you’ll work in a browser studio with Claude Code and receive full reimbursement for Claude Max. You will defend rigorous solutions and own rework if reviewers request changes.

Qualifications

• Working expertise in mechanistic enzymology, structure-guided peptide or antibody design, fragment-based discovery, or structure-based medicinal chemistry — PhD or equivalent industry track record.

Responsibilities

• Design the challenge — identify the hidden basin and forcing chain that makes one conclusion inevitable.
• Build the world — assemble a data room from real, source-grounded data.
• Write the grader — a grading document that scores a memo on substance, not style or method.
• Validate it — run verification and calibration before submission.
• Revise it — own the rework if a reviewer requests changes.

Skills

Mechanistic enzymology

Structure-guided peptide design

Antibody design

Fragment-based discovery

Structure-based medicinal chemistry

Education

PhD or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Claude Max

Job description

Mercor in the United Kingdom seeks a researcher to design evaluation frameworks for frontier AI in drug discovery. You’ll craft problems that require genuine reasoning, assemble a data room from grounded sources, and define grading criteria focused on substance over style.

Commitment is 20–40 hours weekly; you’ll work in a browser studio with Claude Code and receive full reimbursement for Claude Max. You will defend rigorous solutions and own rework if reviewers request changes.