Published Bioinformatics Expert at Mercor

Published Bioinformatics Expert (Remote, AI Benchmarking Project)

Hourly Contract | Remote | $60–$90/hour

Mercor is recruiting highly skilled Bioinformaticians to support an advanced AI benchmarking initiative with top AI research labs. You'll help build sophisticated tests to evaluate AI models' abilities to autonomously design and execute bioinformatics workflows from raw sequencing data and natural language prompts.

Role Overview:

In this role, you’ll leverage your published bioinformatics research and deep scientific expertise to:

• Create benchmark tasks from real-world published scientific data.

• Evaluate AI models on executing complex bioinformatics pipelines.

• Utilize bioinformatics tools (e.g., BWA, BLAST, samtools, AlphaFold).

Essential Qualifications:

• Current graduate student (M.S. or Ph.D.) or higher (Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Scientist) in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics, or related fields.

• Authored a bioinformatics paper published in 2024 or later (preprints on bioRxiv/arXiv accepted).

• Paper includes publicly available sequencing data (SRA or stable URL).

• Used at least 3 command-line bioinformatics tools in your research.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Job Details:

• Fully remote and flexible asynchronous work.

• Initial commitment: 10–20 hours weekly, with potential expansion to 40 hours/week.

• Duration: 1–2 months initially, with opportunities for extension.

Compensation and Legal Status:

• Classified as an hourly contractor.

• Weekly payments via Stripe Connect.

• Currently accepting candidates based in the U.S., UK, or Canada.

Application & Screening Process:

• Short initial interview (~15 minutes).

• Selection decisions within 4 days after completing assessment.

About Mercor:

Mercor, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, is a $2B company connecting elite talent to leading AI research initiatives. Backed by prominent investors including Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey. Mercor values inclusivity and provides reasonable accommodations upon request.

Apply now to help advance groundbreaking AI-driven scientific research!