What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bioinformatician position at Mercor?
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: Bioinformatician
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60–$85/hour
Duration: 4 weeks
Commitment: Remote
Role Responsibilities
Must-Have
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: Bioinformatician
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60–$85/hour
Duration: 4 weeks
Commitment: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Solve complex bioinformatics problems in transcriptomics, genomics, and virology.
- Analyze large biological datasets and submit analytical workflows as Jupyter notebooks.
- Work independently under a blind protocol with no prior context.
- Inform the evaluation of frontier AI models on scientific reasoning.
- Utilize Python and/or R for bioinformatics pipelines.
- Produce well-documented, reproducible Jupyter notebooks.
Must-Have
- PhD or Master's degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, or related field.
- Experience with at least 2 of: RNA-seq analysis, variant calling, metagenomic classification, epigenomic profiling, single-cell analysis, or population genetics.
- Proficiency in Python and/or R.
- Familiarity with command-line tools (e.g., samtools).
- Strong independent problem-solving ability.
- March; tasks assigned on a rolling basis.
- Short screening questionnaire to assess subdomain expertise and tool familiarity.
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
Salary : $60 - $85