GenAI Molecular Biologist - DNA/RNA Design

Mercor; Greater London; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnatus LLC is seeking a Molecular Biology SME to help train foundational AI models by designing and evaluating DNA/RNA constructs, primers, plasmids, and gRNA sequences. You will write guidelines and work with fellow experts to ensure high-quality training data and consistent biological reasoning.

The role requires a PhD in a life science field, hands‑on construct design experience, and a track record of peer‑reviewed publications.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in molecular biology or related field is required or strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience designing nucleic acid constructs (primers, plasmids, vectors) and related cloning strategies.
• Clear publication record with peer‑reviewed work, preferably first‑author in high‑impact journals.

Responsibilities

• Identify failure points in molecular biology reasoning for AI model training.
• Design domain-specific tasks and solutions including primers, plasmids, gRNA, mRNA constructs, and repair templates.
• Review model outputs against expert solutions and provide clear feedback on correctness and reasoning.
• Write guidelines and rubrics for sequence design quality (guide/target selection, homology arms, primer Tm, specificity, codon optimization).
• Collaborate with other SMEs to ensure training data consistency and accuracy.

Skills

Strong written communication

Explain reasoning clearly

20 hours/week availability

Education

PhD in molecular biology or related life science field

Tools

Gibson assembly

Golden Gate

Gateway cloning

PCR primer design

CRISPR gRNA design

Codon optimization

Job description

Cincinnatus LLC is seeking a Molecular Biology SME to help train foundational AI models by designing and evaluating DNA/RNA constructs, primers, plasmids, and gRNA sequences. You will write guidelines and work with fellow experts to ensure high-quality training data and consistent biological reasoning.

The role requires a PhD in a life science field, hands‑on construct design experience, and a track record of peer‑reviewed publications.