Genomics Researcher - AI Trainer

DataAnnotation; Illinois; Remote; USD 142,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Remote work

Project-based work

Job summary

DataAnnotation is seeking Biologist contributors who will craft prompts that probe molecular mechanisms, experimental design, and data interpretation. You will review AI outputs for fabrication, overstated claims, and misread experiments, rating the reasoning and quality of the responses.

You will then write correct, literature-grounded answers when needed. The role emphasizes strong English writing, critical reading of primary literature, and the ability to work on flexible, remote,

Qualifications

• Graduate-level biology background or equivalent research experience.
• Comfort reading primary literature critically.
• Clear written English: explanations are the training signal.
• No degree required. We care about what you can do, not where you learned it.

Responsibilities

• Write prompts that probe biological reasoning: molecular mechanisms, experimental design, and data interpretation.
• Review AI output for fabricated citations, overstated claims, and misread experiments, and rate the reasoning.
• Write the correct answer when the model falls short, grounded in the actual literature.

Skills

Prompt writing

Critical reading

Clear written English

Education

Graduate-level biology

Job description

Models blur the line between what's established, what's contested, and what's simply made up in the life sciences, and they cite papers that don't exist.

As a Biologist you'll hold AI biological reasoning to the standard of the literature and write answers that get the science right.

What you’ll actually do

• Write prompts that probe biological reasoning: molecular mechanisms, experimental design, and data interpretation.
• Review AI output for fabricated citations, overstated claims, and misread experiments, and rate the reasoning.
• Write the correct answer when the model falls short, grounded in the actual literature.

Roles this fits

Common backgrounds: Biologist, Molecular Biologist.

What we look for

• Graduate-level biology background or equivalent research experience.
• Comfort reading primary literature critically.
• Clear written English: your explanations are the training signal.
• No degree required. We care about what you can do, not where you learned it.

Compensation

Up to $125+/hr depending on task difficulty and specialization. Many contributors add $100k–$200k a year; some make it their full-time income.

About DataAnnotation

DataAnnotation is where 1M+ experts train the world’s leading AI models. Hundreds of millions paid to contributors to date, and the average contributor stays 5+ years. Flexible, remote, and always project-available.