Remote Bioinformatics Benchmarking Scientist (Contract)

Crossing Hurdles; United States; Remote; USD 82,656 - 123,984; Part time

Job summary

A biotechnology firm seeks a Bioinformatician for an hourly contract position to analyze sequencing data and test AI models. The role involves designing benchmark tasks, creating workflows from real datasets, and using command-line bioinformatics tools. Candidates must be a graduate student or equivalent and have authored a recent research paper. This position offers flexible hours and remote work with a pay range of $60.00/hr - $90.00/hr.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate student, Postdoctoral Fellow, or Research Scientist in a related field.
• Recently authored a bioinformatics research paper published in 2024 or later.
• Publication must include publicly deposited sequencing data.

Responsibilities

• Design and evaluate benchmark bioinformatics tasks for AI models.
• Create workflows from published datasets ensuring scientific rigor.
• Implement and validate analyses using multiple command-line tools.

Skills

Attention to detail

Scientific reasoning

Problem-solving

Strong communication skills

Command-line tools

Education

Graduate student (M.S. or Ph.D.) or equivalent

Tools

BWA

BLAST

samtools

Alphafold

Job description

A biotechnology firm seeks a Bioinformatician for an hourly contract position to analyze sequencing data and test AI models. The role involves designing benchmark tasks, creating workflows from real datasets, and using command-line bioinformatics tools. Candidates must be a graduate student or equivalent and have authored a recent research paper. This position offers flexible hours and remote work with a pay range of $60.00/hr - $90.00/hr.