Bioinformatics Scientist | Remote

Crossing Hurdles; United States; On-site; USD 55,104 - 137,760; Part time

Job summary

Crossing Hurdles is seeking a PhD-level reviewer to evaluate AI-generated phylogenetics problems, research tasks, and evaluation scenarios. You will assess scientific accuracy, realism, and grading quality across complex biology content.

You will provide detailed annotations, feedback, and quality assessments to improve AI outputs, and collaborate with AI research teams to enhance evaluation workflows. Remote work with overlap with PST is required.

Qualifications

• Master's/PhD in a relevant field or 4+ years of Phylogenetics experience.
• Strong scientific reasoning, analytical, and research skills.
• Ability to provide detailed feedback and high-quality annotations.
• Excellent structured communication in a remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Review AI-generated phylogenetics problems, research tasks, and evaluation scenarios.
• Assess scientific accuracy, realism, and correct grading of problems.
• Evaluate AI responses for biological accuracy, reasoning, and completeness.
• Identify scientific errors and gaps in content.
• Provide detailed annotations, feedback, and quality assessments to improve outputs.
• Collaborate with AI research teams to enhance evaluation workflows.
• Apply phylogenetics expertise to support frontier AI model development.

Skills

Phylogenetics

Analytical reasoning

Research skills

Remote collaboration

Communication

Education

Master's/PhD in Phylogenetics or related field

4+ years professional experience in Phylogenetics

Job description

Commitment: At least 8 hours per day with 4 hours overlap with PST

Role Responsibilities

• Review AI-generated phylogenetics problems, research tasks, and evaluation scenarios.
• Assess whether problems are scientifically accurate, realistic, and correctly graded.
• Evaluate AI-generated responses for biological accuracy, reasoning quality, and completeness.
• Identify scientific errors, logical inconsistencies, and gaps in phylogenetics-related content.
• Provide detailed annotations, constructive feedback, and quality assessments to improve AI outputs.
• Collaborate with AI research teams to enhance evaluation workflows and benchmark quality.
• Apply expertise in phylogenetics and evolutionary biology to support frontier AI model development.

Requirements

• Master's/PhD in Phylogenetics, Evolutionary Biology, Bioinformatics, Genetics, Computational Biology, Life Sciences, or a related field, OR 4+ years of professional experience in Phylogenetics.
• Strong scientific reasoning, analytical, and research skills.
• Ability to provide detailed feedback and high-quality annotations.
• Excellent structured communication and collaboration skills in a remote environment.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Ability to start immediately and commit approximately 15 20 hours over the next few days.
• Availability for 8 hours per day with at least 4 hours of overlap with PST.