Genomics AI Trainer & Model Training Specialist

Mercor; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnatus LLC is seeking a Molecular Biology SME to support cutting-edge GenAI training data. You will design nucleic acid constructs, primers, gRNA/sgRNA, and HDR templates, and review expert-quality solutions for model training.

Requires an advanced degree (PhD preferred) and hands-on cloning experience, with a proven publication record. This is a W-2 role placed at a leading AI Lab within the extended workforce, offering flexible weekly commitment.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD strongly preferred) in molecular biology or a related life science field.
• Hands-on experience designing nucleic acid constructs prior to the experiment, including primers, plasmids, vectors, gRNA/sgRNA, mRNA constructs, and HDR/repair templates, with the associated cloning strategies.
• Strong peer‑reviewed publication record, first‑author work in venues such as Nature family journals, Cell, eLife, Nucleic Acids Research, PNAS or EMBO Journal; include links when applying.
• Ability to commit reliably to at least 20 hours a week on weekdays.
• Previous work in AI training, model evaluation or data annotation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify where a model's molecular biology reasoning breaks down and help close gaps.
• Design hard, domain-specific tasks and write accurate, well-documented ground-truth solutions for primers, plasmids, gRNA/sgRNA, mRNA constructs and HDR templates.
• Review tasks and model outputs against expert-quality solutions and provide written feedback on correctness and biological reasoning.
• Write guidelines and rubrics to judge sequence design quality, covering guide/target selection, homology arm length, primerTm, specificity, codon optimization and regulatory elements.
• Collaborate with other SMEs to keep training data consistent and accurate.

Skills

Molecular biology

DNA/RNA design

Primer design

CRISPR editing

Plasmids and vectors

Cloning strategies

Codon optimization

Scientific publications

Technical communication

AI data annotation

Education

PhD in molecular biology or related life science

Tools

Gibson Assembly

Golden Gate

Gateway cloning

Restriction enzyme cloning

Job description

Cincinnatus LLC is seeking a Molecular Biology SME to support cutting-edge GenAI training data. You will design nucleic acid constructs, primers, gRNA/sgRNA, and HDR templates, and review expert-quality solutions for model training.

Requires an advanced degree (PhD preferred) and hands-on cloning experience, with a proven publication record. This is a W-2 role placed at a leading AI Lab within the extended workforce, offering flexible weekly commitment.