Remote Applied Biology Benchmark Specialist

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor, headquartered in San Francisco, seeks an Applied Biology Benchmark Specialist for a remote, part-time contract role. The position pays $60–$75 per hour and requires 10+ hours of work weekly.

You will craft advanced biology questions, assess difficulty levels, and provide credible references to support solutions. Ideal candidates hold a PhD or are doctoral candidates with strong graduate biology knowledge, experimental design skills, and data interpretation ability.

Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Biology or closely related field
• Graduate-level biology concepts and experimental design
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely

Responsibilities

• Author original biology questions testing deep conceptual understanding
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and well-defined
• Rate question difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible distractors
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions in markdown
• Supply 1-5 academic references per question
• Flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify edits

Skills

Graduate-level biology

Experimental design

Data interpretation

Scientific writing

Education

PhD in Biology

Doctoral candidate

Master's degree considered

Job description

Mercor, headquartered in San Francisco, seeks an Applied Biology Benchmark Specialist for a remote, part-time contract role. The position pays $60–$75 per hour and requires 10+ hours of work weekly.

You will craft advanced biology questions, assess difficulty levels, and provide credible references to support solutions. Ideal candidates hold a PhD or are doctoral candidates with strong graduate biology knowledge, experimental design skills, and data interpretation ability.