Senior Life Sciences Researcher for AI Model Evaluation

SaidGig; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

SaidGig is seeking a senior scientist to translate life sciences expertise into high-quality instructions, reference solutions, benchmarks, and evaluation standards. You will work within the client’s tools, collaborating with research and program management to ensure models reason credibly about real science work.

The role emphasizes rigorous problem framing, transparent criteria, and substantial ownership of research direction, with on-site collaboration in the Bay Area as needed.

Qualifications

• Requires PhD and strong research background in life sciences.
• Experience applying rigorous scientific judgment to problem solving.
• Excellent written communication and feedback abilities.

Responsibilities

• Review life sciences tasks and model outputs for gaps and unsupported claims.
• Write instruction specifications and golden solutions to set standards.
• Create new tasks reflecting real-life life sciences research practices.
• Design evaluation sets and develop domain-specific tools with the team.
• Calibrate standards with researchers and translate judgment into criteria.

Skills

LLM usage

Written communication

Critical thinking

Education

PhD in life sciences

Job description

SaidGig is seeking a senior scientist to translate life sciences expertise into high-quality instructions, reference solutions, benchmarks, and evaluation standards. You will work within the client’s tools, collaborating with research and program management to ensure models reason credibly about real science work.

The role emphasizes rigorous problem framing, transparent criteria, and substantial ownership of research direction, with on-site collaboration in the Bay Area as needed.