Drug Discovery Scientist - PhD - AI Trainer

Mercor
New York, NY
Category Research
Remote
Job Description
Role Overview

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. As a Drug Discovery Scientist, you will design realistic research problems for AI models in drug research and development.

What You Will Do

Design realistic research problems, build a data room, write a grading document, validate and calibrate tasks, and revise tasks based on reviewer feedback.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will be comfortable judging reasoning quality, not just final answers, and have expertise in mechanistic enzymology, structure-guided peptide or antibody design, fragment-based discovery, or structure-based medicinal chemistry.

Requirements

  • Expertise in mechanistic enzymology, structure-guided peptide or antibody design, fragment-based discovery, or structure-based medicinal chemistry
  • PhD or equivalent industry track record
  • Ability to pose defensible problems that require genuine reasoning
  • Comfortable judging reasoning quality, not just final answers

Benefits

  • Hourly contractor
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