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Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .
Position: Quantitative Biology Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $85–$95/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 20 hours/week Role Responsibilities Author and review technical tasks to evaluate AI model performance on quantitative biology problems.
Produce original problem sets grounded in sequence alignments , phylogenetic trees , expression heatmaps , and pathway figures .
Write reference solutions and apply structured quality checks to ensure task accuracy.
Collaborate with AI research teams to improve training data quality and downstream performance.
Work independently and asynchronously with a versatile schedule to meet deadlines.
Qualifications Must-Have PhD in Computational Biology , Bioinformatics ,



or Quantitative Biology ; or MS in Bioinformatics or Computational Biology with 3+ years applied research or industry experience; or BS in Biology , CS , or Math with 5+ years applied quantitative biology or bioinformatics experience.
Working fluency in at least two of: sequence analysis , phylogenetics , systems biology , statistical genetics , computational modeling .
Comfortable reading and interpreting sequence alignments , phylogenetic trees , expression heatmaps , and pathway figures .
Transparent technical writing; able to articulate reasoning step-by-step in written form.
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📌 Senior Bioinformatics Scientist Upto $95/hrpart Time New South Wales
🏢 Mercor
📍 New South Wales