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Mercor

Drug Discovery Scientist

Mercor

. Design realistic drug research and development problems for frontier AI model evaluation .

Posted 10/25/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $60 - $90 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in mechanistic enzymology and structure-based medicinal chemistry, with a strong ability to design rigorous research problems and assess reasoning quality. Proficient in creating data rooms and grading documents while ensuring scientific accuracy and defensibility.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Mechanistic EnzymologyStructure-Based Medicinal ChemistryResearch Problem DesignGrading Document CreationClaude Code

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Hard Skills
Peptide DesignAntibody DesignFragment-Based DiscoveryScientific EvaluationData Room Assembly
Soft Skills
Judging Reasoning QualityRevision and Feedback Handling
Tools & Technologies
Browser-Based StudioClaude Max Subscription
Certifications & Qualifications
PhD or Equivalent Industry Track Record
Industry Keywords
Drug ResearchAI Model EvaluationDefensible ConclusionsVerification and Calibration

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design realistic drug research and development problems for frontier AI model evaluation
  • Create prompts, data rooms, and grading documents for each task
  • Identify hidden basins and forcing chains leading to defensible conclusions
  • Assemble source-grounded data rooms from real evidence
  • Ensure every decisive value traces to a real source
  • Write grading documents that assess submitted memos on substance rather than style or method
  • Run verification and calibration before submission
  • Revise work when reviewers request changes
  • Serve as final authority on scientific and difficulty questions for assigned tasks

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Working 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 research problems whose answers can be defended rigorously and cannot be shortcut by strong solvers
  • Comfortable judging reasoning quality, not just final answers
  • Commitment of at least 20 hours per week, up to 40 hours
  • Must use a browser-based studio and Claude Code
  • Claude Max subscription required
  • Independent contractor status
  • Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Claude Max subscription fully reimbursed
  • Flexible schedule; work can be completed on your own schedule
  • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
  • Competitive pay
  • Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
  • Reasonable accommodations upon request
  • Referral payments of up to $360 for each successful referral, subject to limits