Single-Cell Transcriptomics Researcher - AI Trainer

DataAnnotation; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

DataAnnotation is seeking a Biologist to develop prompts that probe biological reasoning and to critically review AI-generated literature for accuracy and citations. You will ground answers in actual literature and ensure science integrity.

The role emphasizes clear written English and comfort with primary literature, with flexible, remote work options and a strong focus on evidence-based evaluation.

Qualifications

• Graduate-level biology background or equivalent research experience.
• Comfort reading primary literature critically.
• Clear written English: explanations are the training signal.
• No degree required. We care about what you can do, not where you learned it.

Responsibilities

• Write prompts that probe biological reasoning: molecular mechanisms, experimental design, and data interpretation.
• Review AI output for fabricated citations, overstated claims, and misread experiments, and rate the reasoning.
• Write the correct answer when the model falls short, grounded in the actual literature.

Skills

Biology background

Critical reading

Education

Graduate-level biology background or equivalent research experience

Job description

Models blur the line between what's established, what's contested, and what's simply made up in the life sciences, and they cite papers that don't exist.

As a Biologist you'll hold AI biological reasoning to the standard of the literature and write answers that get the science right.

What you’ll actually do

• Write prompts that probe biological reasoning: molecular mechanisms, experimental design, and data interpretation.
• Review AI output for fabricated citations, overstated claims, and misread experiments, and rate the reasoning.
• Write the correct answer when the model falls short, grounded in the actual literature.

Roles this fits

Common backgrounds: Biologist, Molecular Biologist.

What we look for

• Graduate-level biology background or equivalent research experience.
• Comfort reading primary literature critically.
• Clear written English: your explanations are the training signal.
• No degree required. We care about what you can do, not where you learned it.

Compensation

Up to $125+/hr depending on task difficulty and specialization. Many contributors add $100k–$200k a year; some make it their full-time income.

About DataAnnotation

DataAnnotation is where 100k+ experts train the world’s leading AI models. $150M+ paid to contributors to date, and the average contributor stays 5+ years. Flexible, remote, and always project-available.