Molecular Biologist - Fully Remote | Upto $105/hr

mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 73,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Molecular Biology Expert for a remote, contract role to design and review DNA/RNA constructs, primers, and gRNA/sgRNA sequences. You will assess AI-generated solutions and provide clear, justified feedback on accuracy and biological reasoning.

The ideal candidate holds a PhD in life sciences, has a strong peer-reviewed publication record, and can justify design choices in writing. This position supports up to 40 hours per week and involves collaboration with other

Qualifications

• Practicing or recently practicing molecular biologist with experience in designing nucleic-acid constructs.
• Strong peer-reviewed publication record in top journals.
• PhD strongly preferred in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, synthetic biology, bioengineering, or related life-science fields.
• Strong written communication skills and ability to justify design choices clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design and review DNA/RNA sequences and constructs, including primers, plasmids, gRNA/sgRNA, mRNA constructs, and repair templates.
• Author challenging, domain-grounded design tasks and write accurate, well-documented solutions as ground truth.
• Evaluate AI model outputs against expert-quality solutions and provide clear, written feedback on correctness, rigor, and biological reasoning.
• Justify design choices at the sequence level, including guide/target selection, homology-arm length, primer melting temperature and specificity, codon optimization, and regulatory elements.
• Collaborate with other subject-matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Skills

Molecular biology

Design DNA/RNA constructs

Scientific writing

Education

PhD in life sciences

Job description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .Position: Molecular Biology ExpertsType: ContractCompensation: $70–$105/hourLocation: RemoteCommitment: Up to 40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Design and review DNA/RNA sequences and constructs, including primers, plasmids, gRNA/sgRNA, mRNA constructs, and repair templates.
• Author challenging, domain-grounded design tasks and write accurate, well-documented solutions as ground truth.
• Evaluate AI model outputs against expert-quality solutions and provide clear, written feedback on correctness, rigor, and biological reasoning.
• Justify design choices at the sequence level, including guide/target selection, homology-arm length, primer melting temperature and specificity, codon optimization, and regulatory elements.
• Collaborate with other subject-matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Qualifications

• Practicing or recently practicing molecular biologist with experience in designing nucleic-acid constructs.
• Strong peer-reviewed publication record, especially first-author work in venues like Nature , Cell , eLife , Nucleic Acids Research , PNAS , and EMBO Journal .
• PhD strongly preferred in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, synthetic biology, bioengineering, or related life-science fields.
• Strong written communication skills and ability to justify design choices clearly.

Start Date

• Fast start; the program aims to begin as soon as onboarding is complete.

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