Biology PhD Coding Research Engineer - Remote

mercor; United States; Remoto; USD 83.000 - 117.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Mercor is seeking a Biology PhD Coding Expert for a 6-week remote contract. You will source material from papers and datasets to craft research problems, write prompts, and calibrate tasks for frontier models. The role requires strong biology background and programming in Python or R.

You will use Git/GitHub and Docker for code execution and quality checks, collaborating asynchronously to meet deadlines. Start date is immediate, with a 20+ hour weekly commitment.

Competenze

• PhD in biology or related field.
• Depth in at least two subdomains: ecology, biochemistry, genetics.
• Proficiency in Python, R, or another relevant programming language.
• Comfortable with Git/GitHub and Docker.

Mansioni

• Source material from published papers, Kaggle datasets, or open-source repositories to create research problems.
• Write scientific prompts and develop grading criteria for correct answers.
• Calibrate tasks against frontier models, ensuring strong models fail more often than they succeed.
• Utilize Python, R, or other programming languages for scientific computing.
• Work with Git/GitHub and Docker for code execution and quality checks.
• Collaborate asynchronously and independently to meet deadlines and improve AI model performance.

Conoscenze

Python

R

Git/GitHub

Docker

Formazione

PhD in biology or related field

Descrizione del lavoro

Mercor is seeking a Biology PhD Coding Expert for a 6-week remote contract. You will source material from papers and datasets to craft research problems, write prompts, and calibrate tasks for frontier models. The role requires strong biology background and programming in Python or R.

You will use Git/GitHub and Docker for code execution and quality checks, collaborating asynchronously to meet deadlines. Start date is immediate, with a 20+ hour weekly commitment.