Job Description
Biology AI Trainer (Remote)100% Remote | Part-Time or Full-Time | Freelance Contract | $40 to $125 per hour Work on your own schedule. Get paid for what you already know. A leading AI research company that works with large AI companies is seeking experienced biologists to work as remote AI trainers and evaluate how frontier AI models handle real technical work: analyzing test, measurement or process data, sizing and verifying a design, designing and reading out an experiment, interpreting a simulation and writing the technical report. You bring the judgment you have built catching the unit error in a test file and the assumption that does not hold at the boundary. This is project-based, fully remote work you can do alongside a current job, including evenings and weekends. What the Work Involves - Design realistic tasks from your own work, such as a calculation package with stated assumptions and checks, a test plan and data analysis, a failure or deviation investigation, a design trade study or an experimental protocol
- Author the supporting files a scientist or engineer would use: test data, drawings or schematics, specifications, simulation outputs, lab records, reports
- Run those tasks through frontier AI models and grade the calculation, analysis, design review or report they produce
- Compare two model outputs on the same task and document where each fell short
- Write grading rubrics covering the right assumptions, method, magnitudes, units and failure modes
- On coding projects, author and verify tasks in Python or similar at the command line
Areas of ExpertiseYou need depth in at least one of these, plus enough working knowledge of the others to judge work in adjacent areas: - Molecular and cell biology
- Biochemistry
- Genetics and genomics
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Physiology and organismal biology
- Ecology and environmental biology
- Quantitative and computational biology
Who This Is For - 2+ years of applied experience in biology or a closely related field, outside of undergraduate study, preferred
- Coding or scientific computing (Python or similar) is a strong plus and is required on some projects
- Hands-on with real data and the tools of your field: experimental and instrument data, lab records, and analysis in Python, R or similar
- Comfortable with experiment design, measurement error and uncertainty, and common statistical traps; the assessment leans on this
- Working understanding of adjacent areas, enough to judge work outside your own specialty
- Hands-on practitioner: you currently do, or recently did, the work yourself as an individual contributor, not solely as a manager
- Strong written English; you can explain clearly why a result is wrong, not only that it is
- Familiar with AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT, with the judgment to tell a well-reasoned answer from a plausible-sounding wrong one
- Comfortable working independently, following detailed written instructions and incorporating feedback
Pay, Hours and Location - Pay: $40 to $125 per hour, depending on project and expertise. Paid via PayPal on a regular schedule. You are paid for every step you complete
- Hours: Minimum 10 hours per week with no maximum. Many projects prioritize 30 to 40 hours per week, and full-time hours are available. Multi-day task timers let you spread work across days
- Location: Remote. Must be based in the United States, Canada, or the UK
- Tools: Access to the AI models you will evaluate is provided; no personal subscription needed
How to Apply - Apply here with your resume
- We review your background against the role
- If it's a fit, we send you a link to take the client's skills assessment. It's unpaid, takes about 2 to 4 hours and tests domain judgment and careful reading. The assessment must be entirely your own work; AI-assisted submissions are detected and rejected
- If you pass, you complete onboarding and a short training project, then propose and build tasks from your own professional experience, with expert review and written feedback at each stage
Crucial Recruiting and Sidebar Talent are working together on this search on behalf of a client in the AI research space. The client name is confidential and will be shared before any work begins. Questions: nick@crucialrecruiting.com.
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Hourly pay, Full time, Contract work, Part time, Freelance, Remote work, 10 hours per week, Afternoon shift