Biology & Life Sciences Domain Expert

$90–140/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~15h/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: US
Field: Sciences

Review life sciences reasoning, write research-level problem specifications and reference solutions, and design benchmarks for frontier AI models. This fully remote role is for United States-based senior researchers with a PhD, a strong publication record, and hands-on experience using large language models.

The work

You will assess biology and life sciences tasks and model outputs for mechanistic gaps, unsupported causal claims, flawed experimental designs, and conclusions that would not withstand peer review. Day to day, the work includes writing precise problem specifications, producing rigorous reference solutions, designing research-level evaluation sets in your specialty, and converting expert judgment into explicit scoring criteria with researchers in adjacent fields.

What the platform screens for

The screen is likely to test verifiable details about your current or recent senior research role, publication record, scientific specialization, and use of large language models in real work. Expect follow-up questions that probe whether you can distinguish a well-supported biological argument from a fluent but incorrect one, handle uncertainty in reference answers, and explain how experimental evidence supports or fails to support a causal claim.

Practical details

The role is fully remote and restricted to candidates based in the United States. The listing does not specify whether work is asynchronous, a typical weekly time commitment, or fixed working hours, so candidates should be prepared to state their realistic availability and any scheduling constraints.

The listing's observed pay band is shown below; compensation is not guaranteed.

Pay band: $90–140/hr

What they look for

PhD in biochemistry, molecular or cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, or a closely related life science
Faculty, principal investigator, staff or senior scientist, or equivalent senior research experience
Deep specialization in at least one life sciences research area
Strong peer-reviewed publication record
Hands-on use of large language models in scientific work
Rigorous scientific writing and evaluation of biological reasoning

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This verifies seniority, institutional context, and whether the candidate has led substantive research rather than contributed only narrow technical support.
A strong answer: A strong answer names the appointment, institution type, research program, and concrete responsibilities such as hypothesis selection, study design, interpretation, supervision, or publication decisions. It clearly separates personal responsibility from the work of collaborators or trainees.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by relying on a title alone or describing the laboratory's overall work without identifying decisions and outputs they personally owned.

Summary, eligibility guidance and screening preparation are prepared by Sidequest from the platform's posting. Check the source listing before applying.