Job Overview
Job description
- Salary:
- USD 60 - 100 per hour
- Location:
- United States
- Work arrangement:
- Remote
Role Summary
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 D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .
- Position: Biology Research Scientist (BA, MS, PhD's)
- Type: Contract
- Compensation: $60–$100/hour
- Location: Remote
- Duration: 1–2 month minimum, extension likely
- Commitment: 10–20 hours/week
- Role Responsibilities
Access primary sources such as papers and patents to verify protein target assignments against UniProt records.
Flag and classify target assignment errors using a structured taxonomy to improve data accuracy.
Propose correct UniProt accessions where assignments are incorrect to enhance database reliability.
Write concise, evidence-grounded notes explaining your reasoning to support AI drug discovery pipelines .
Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines and ensure data integrity.
Requirements
- BA/BS with 5+ years , MS with 2+ years , or PhD with industry or drug discovery research experience in pharmacology, biochemistry, molecular biology, or chemical biology at a biotech, pharma, or CRO.
- Hands-on binding or functional assay experience ( SPR , TR-FRET , radioligand binding, kinase assays, GPCR functional assays, IC50/Ki/KD ).
- Currently bench-active in a research, scientist, or associate scientist role.
- Working fluency with UniProt or adjacent workflows: SAR support, HTS , target validation, biochemical profiling, or IND-enabling studies .
Preferred
- Direct experience with ChEMBL , BindingDB , or PubChem .
- Selectivity profiling or counterscreening experience.
- Familiarity with agonist/antagonist vs. activator/inhibitor distinctions.
- Start Date
- Immediate start
- Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
- Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check:
Additional Information
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
- Role:
- Molecular Biologist - Fully Remote | Upto $100/hr
- Job Type:
- Contractor
Company profile
mercor
mercor.comMercor is an AI data company that connects domain experts across hundreds of professional fields with frontier AI labs and enterprises. Experts on its platform train and evaluate AI models, and its APEX benchmark family measures how AI performs on real-world professional work. Mercor Enterprise helps large companies capture how their most skilled people work and turn that expertise into AI agents. Founded in 2023, the company has offices in San Francisco, NYC and London.
- Founded
- 2023
- Funding Stage
- Series C
