Life Sciences Problem Architect (Remote Contract)

HumanitApp; United States; Remote; USD 45,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

Job summary

Turing is seeking Life Sciences Subject Matter Experts to develop advanced scientific reasoning tasks for LifeSciBench. This non-code benchmark emphasizes interpretation of experiments, data, figures, and literature-style evidence. This is a contractor assignment with remote work and flexible hours.

Duration is 1 month with 40 hours per week and 4 hours overlap with PST. No coding required; strong biology background and writing skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Ph.D., postdoctoral experience, or equivalent advanced research experience in the life sciences.
• Strong expertise in at least one biological discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret scientific experiments, data, and research findings.
• Strong scientific writing skills and attention to precision.
• Backgrounds include molecular biology, genetics and genomics, cell biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, microbiology, immunology, evolutionary biology, ecology, structural biology, biophysics, developmental biology, cancer biology, pharmacology, and related disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Design novel, graduate-level life sciences problems grounded in realistic research contexts.
• Develop clear questions and rigorous reference answers with defensible scientific reasoning.
• Interpret experiments, datasets, figures, sequences, structures, and other biological evidence.
• Validate biological claims, calculations, assumptions, and conclusions.
• Identify ambiguity, alternative interpretations, and insufficiently constrained questions.
• Ensure tasks are self-contained, reproducible where applicable, and clearly documented.
• Incorporate reviewer feedback while maintaining quality and throughput.

Skills

Biology expertise

Scientific reasoning

Scientific writing

Experiment interpretation

Education

Ph.D. in Life Sciences

Job description

Turing is seeking Life Sciences Subject Matter Experts to develop advanced scientific reasoning tasks for LifeSciBench. This non-code benchmark emphasizes interpretation of experiments, data, figures, and literature-style evidence. This is a contractor assignment with remote work and flexible hours.

Duration is 1 month with 40 hours per week and 4 hours overlap with PST. No coding required; strong biology background and writing skills are essential.