Remote Biology PhD Coder for Frontier AI Benchmarks

1000scholars; United States; Remote; USD 273,000 - 382,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly payments

Fully remote work

Job summary

Mercor seeks Biology PhD coding experts for a remote, 6-week engagement. You will author executable research problems in biology domains and write prompts, then build grading criteria and calibrate against frontier models. The project operates with a PR workflow and automated quality checks on GitHub, using Python/R and Docker.

Start date is immediate; part-time, 20+ hours/week. Applicants should hold a PhD in biology or related field, demonstrate depth in at least two subdomains, and show

Qualifications

• PhD in biology or a closely related field.
• Depth in at least two subdomains: ecology, biochemistry, genetics, or closely related areas.
• Working proficiency in Python, R, or another language for scientific computing.
• Comfortable with Git/GitHub and running code in Docker with a PR workflow and automated checks.

Responsibilities

• Source your own material: papers, Kaggle datasets, open-source repositories, or self-designed scenarios.
• Write scientific prompts based on the input.
• Build grading criteria to define a correct answer.
• Calibrate prompts against frontier models to ensure robustness.

Skills

Python

R

Git/GitHub

Docker

Education

PhD in biology or related field

Tools

Python

R

Git

Docker

Job description

Mercor seeks Biology PhD coding experts for a remote, 6-week engagement. You will author executable research problems in biology domains and write prompts, then build grading criteria and calibrate against frontier models. The project operates with a PR workflow and automated quality checks on GitHub, using Python/R and Docker.

Start date is immediate; part-time, 20+ hours/week. Applicants should hold a PhD in biology or related field, demonstrate depth in at least two subdomains, and show