Molecular Biology PhD DNA Design

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Molecular Biology Experts - US
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70$105/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Collaborate with research and engineering teams to identify and address gaps in AI model molecular biology reasoning.
• Design challenging domain-specific tasks and document solutions including primers for PCR qPCR plasmids expression vectors and CRISPR editing constructs.
• Review molecular biology tasks and model outputs against expert-quality solutions providing clear feedback on correctness and biological reasoning.
• Develop guidelines and rubrics for sequence design quality focusing on primer melting temperature specificity and codon optimization.
• Work with other subject matter experts to ensure training data consistency and accuracy.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• PhD strongly preferred in molecular biology genetics biochemistry synthetic biology bioengineering or related life science field.
• Experience designing nucleic acid constructs including primers plasmids vectors gRNA sgRNA mRNA and HDR templates.
• Strong peer-reviewed publication record especially first-author work in journals like Nature Cell and PNAS.
• Ability to commit to at least 20 hours/week on weekdays.
• Strong written communication skills.

Preferred

• Previous experience in AI training model evaluation or data annotation.

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