Medicinal Chemist - Fully Remote | Up to $90/hr

About the role

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: Drug Discovery Scientist. Type: Contract. Compensation: $60–$90/hour. Location: Remote. Commitment: 20–40 hours/week.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic research problems for AI models in drug research. Ensure they require genuine reasoning, not pattern matching.
• Build a comprehensive data room using real, source-grounded data. Ensure every decisive value traces to a real source.
• Write a grading document that scores submissions based on substance. Focus on reasoning quality, not style or method.
• Validate and calibrate tasks before submission. Ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Revise tasks based on reviewer feedback. Maintain authority on scientific and difficulty questions.

Qualifications

• Must-Have 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 defensible problems that strong solvers cannot shortcut.
• Comfortable judging reasoning quality.

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