Mercor
Molecular Biology PhD - Sequence Design
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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 D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Molecular Biology Experts
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$105/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: Up to 40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Design and review DNA/RNA sequences and constructs, including primers, plasmids, gRNA/sgRNA, mRNA constructs, and repair templates.
- Author challenging, domain-grounded design tasks and write accurate, well-documented solutions as ground truth.
- Evaluate AI model outputs against expert-quality solutions and provide clear, written feedback on correctness, rigor, and biological reasoning.
- Justify design choices at the sequence level, including guide/target selection, homology-arm length, primer melting temperature and specificity, codon optimization, and regulatory elements.
- Collaborate with other subject-matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.
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Qualifications
Must-Have
- Practicing or recently practicing molecular biologist with experience in designing nucleic-acid constructs.
- Strong peer-reviewed publication record, especially first-author work in venues like Nature, Cell, eLife, Nucleic Acids Research, PNAS, and EMBO Journal.
- PhD strongly preferred in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, synthetic biology, bioengineering, or related life-science fields.
- Strong written communication skills and ability to justify design choices clearly.
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