Life Sciences Problem Designer & Reasoning Expert

Turing; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Turing is seeking Life Sciences Subject Matter Experts to author advanced scientific reasoning problems for LifeSciBench. This non-code benchmark emphasizes deep biological knowledge, experimental interpretation, and the construction of rigorously reasoned questions with defensible answers.

Ideal candidates are life scientists who excel at interpreting experiments, identifying ambiguity, and crafting questions that reward synthesis over recall, with strength in at least one biology discipline.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent in Life Sciences.
• Ability to interpret experiments and research findings.
• Strong expertise in at least one biological discipline.
• Experience with experimental design and interpretation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design novel, challenging life sciences problems requiring advanced scientific reasoning.
• Create tasks grounded in realistic research scenarios, experiments, biological datasets, figures, sequences, structures, or scientific evidence.
• Develop clear questions with well-defined and objectively defensible answers.
• Write rigorous expert reference answers explaining the scientific reasoning required.
• Ensure tasks require synthesis and interpretation rather than simple factual recall.
• Validate all biological claims, calculations, assumptions, and conclusions.
• Identify ambiguity, alternative scientifically valid interpretations, and insufficiently constrained questions.
• Create tasks capable of distinguishing frontier AI models based on scientific reasoning ability.
• Ensure outputs are clearly documented and reproducible where applicable.

Skills

Life Sciences expertise

Scientific reasoning

Experiment interpretation

Education

Ph.D., postdoctoral experience or equivalent

Job description

Turing is seeking Life Sciences Subject Matter Experts to author advanced scientific reasoning problems for LifeSciBench. This non-code benchmark emphasizes deep biological knowledge, experimental interpretation, and the construction of rigorously reasoned questions with defensible answers.

Ideal candidates are life scientists who excel at interpreting experiments, identifying ambiguity, and crafting questions that reward synthesis over recall, with strength in at least one biology discipline.