STEM Expert in Biology & Bioinformatics (PhD)

You will evaluate biology and bioinformatics workflows used for AI benchmarking and model development. The work calls for expert judgment across biological data analysis, scientific methods, accuracy, reproducibility, and clear technical documentation.

• Design, evaluate, and critique biology, bioinformatics, and computational biology workflows.
• Analyze NGS, RNA-seq, single-cell, variant-calling, and protein-structure datasets.
• Review pipeline parameters, tool settings, and statistical methods, then recommend improvements.
• Help develop and validate biology-related AI models and tools using specialist knowledge.
• Explain complex scientific ideas to technical and non-technical collaborators.
• Document findings, methods, and best practices.

This is part-time contractor work for candidates with specialist biology or bioinformatics knowledge. The role is marked as entry level, and the requirements below describe the skills needed for the work.

• Pay: USD 45 to 90 per hour.
• Work type: Part-time contract.
• Experience level: Entry level.
• Education: PhD in biology, bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, or a closely related STEM field, or equivalent industry or research experience.
• Expertise in at least one area such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, molecular and cell biology, systems biology, computational pharmacology, or biostatistics applied to biology.
• Hands-on experience analyzing real biological data, with strong statistical, quantitative, and analytical reasoning.
• Proficiency in Python and/or R, with familiarity with tools such as BLAST, samtools, GATK, Bioconductor, or Biopython.
• Professional written and spoken English at C1 level or higher, plus strong technical documentation and communication skills.
• Helpful background includes reproducible workflows with Nextflow or Snakemake, Linux or command-line environments, AI or machine learning applied to biology, peer-reviewed publications, patents, or open-source bioinformatics software.
• Open to candidates in the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom.
• Also open to candidates in Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, India, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Oman, Peru, the Philippines, Pakistan, the Palestinian Territories, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Tunisia, Taiwan, the United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and South Africa.

You apply here in about two minutes and finish on the hiring platform. The next step is a short AI interview (technical roles include a coding challenge). Passing it is how you qualify for paid tasks, so take it soon after you are invited.

AI training is the human work behind artificial intelligence, including reviewing data, testing model outputs, and judging whether results are accurate and useful. People with deep subject knowledge help models handle specialized topics more reliably, which is why expert scientific review is needed.