Sciences and research jobs

Scientists and researchers, often at PhD level, who design and grade hard problems in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics. Academic rigor is the requirement, coding is a plus.

138 jobs

Bilingual Portuguese STEM Expert (PhD), AI Safety

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Part time

This remote role involves writing expert prompts in Portuguese and evaluating AI model responses for scientific accuracy and safety across STEM topics. Applicants must hold a PhD in chemistry, biology, or a related field and possess native or near-native fluency in Portuguese.

Posted 14 days ago$50 to $54/h

Bilingual Korean STEM Expert (PhD), AI Safety

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Part time

This remote role involves writing expert prompts in Korean and evaluating AI model responses for scientific accuracy and safety across specialized technical topics. Candidates must hold or be pursuing a PhD in chemistry, biology, or a related field, and possess native or near-native fluency in Korean.

Posted 14 days ago$63 to $67/h

Bilingual Japanese STEM Expert (PhD), AI Safety

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Part time

This remote role involves writing expert prompts in Japanese, evaluating advanced AI model responses for scientific accuracy, and applying safety guidelines. Candidates must hold a PhD in chemistry, biology, or a related field and possess native Japanese proficiency alongside business-level English.

Posted 14 days ago$68 to $72/h

Bilingual German STEM Expert (PhD), AI Safety

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Part time

This remote role involves writing expert-level German prompts and evaluating AI model responses for scientific accuracy and safety. Candidates must hold a PhD in a STEM field, such as chemistry or biology, and possess bilingual fluency in German and English.

Posted 14 days ago$58 to $62/h

Bilingual Arabic STEM Expert (PhD), AI Safety

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Part time

This remote role involves writing expert prompts in Arabic and evaluating AI model responses for scientific accuracy across specialized STEM topics. Candidates must hold a PhD in chemistry, biology, or a related field, and possess fluency in both Arabic and English.

Posted 15 days ago$38 to $42/h

Domain Expert: Research & Publishing (LaTeX / Overleaf)

Turing
Sciences and research
Remote
Full time

This remote role involves performing academic typesetting, document publishing, and LaTeX workflow testing. The ideal candidate brings strong practical experience with Overleaf, LaTeX syntax, and compilation error resolution for scientific documents.

  • Latex
  • Technical Writing

Posted 15 days ago

AI Systems Engineer - STEM Workflow

Turing
Sciences and research
Remote
Full time

The AI Systems Engineer designs and deploys multi-step agentic workflows to support advanced mathematical research initiatives. The role requires proven experience architecting production-grade agentic systems and advanced Python proficiency for LLM orchestration.

  • Python
  • PhD Maths
  • Grad Maths

Posted 16 days ago

Domain Experts - Scientific Computing Specialist

Turing
Sciences and research
Remote
Full time

This remote contractor role involves mapping application capabilities, producing base assets, and creating reference solutions for scientific computing benchmarks. Applicants need five years of professional experience in scientific computing and hands on experience with GNU Octave or GeoGebra.

  • Statistics
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Numerical & Computational Mathematics
  • +2

Posted 16 days ago

Domain Experts - Physicist (Modelling & Simulation) Specialist

Turing
Sciences and research
Remote
Full time

The specialist builds simulation templates, produces environment base assets, and defines reference solutions for AI benchmarking. Candidates need five or more years of experience in computational physics and hands-on expertise with tools like OpenFOAM or Gaussian.

  • Modeling
  • Physics Simulation
  • Gaussian

Posted 16 days ago

Disability Claims & Underwriting Specialist

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Contract

The specialist designs realistic disability adjudication scenarios, evaluates AI model outputs, and writes reference responses. Requirements include two years of professional experience in disability claims adjudication or underwriting.

Posted 21 days ago$80/h

Domain Experts - Research & Technical Writing (LaTeX)

Turing
Sciences and research
Remote
Full time

This remote role involves structuring complex research and multi-author LaTeX publications into reproducible documents to benchmark AI models. Candidates must have at least five years of professional experience in technical writing and strong fluency in LaTeX syntax.

  • Technical Writing
  • Latex

Posted 22 days ago

Mathematics Research Specialist, Algebraic Geometry

Turing
Sciences and research
Remote
Full time

The Mathematics Research Specialist investigates advanced mathematical formulations, develops complex proofs, and designs technical frameworks inspired by algebraic geometry. The role requires a Ph.D. in mathematics and demonstrated expertise in algebraic geometry with a strong publication record.

  • Mathematics
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • +1

Posted 22 days ago

PhD & Academic Expert

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Sciences and research
Expert
Remote
Contract

This remote contractor position involves evaluating AI model responses and creating expert prompts with academic rigor. Candidates must hold a PhD from a top-ranked university and possess exceptional written English skills.

  • Research
  • Academic Writing
  • Critical Analysis
  • +4

Posted 22 days ago$245 to $280/h

Chemistry Expert

Turing
Sciences and research
Remote
Full time

The Chemistry Expert creates, reviews, and improves tasks, as well as produces gold-standard solutions. Candidates require extensive legal practice experience, a relevant professional qualification, and advanced contract drafting skills.

  • Physical Chemistry

Posted 23 days ago

Web Research Specialist- US only

Turing
Sciences and research
Remote
Full time

This remote role involves designing complex web research problems and verifiable evidence trails to evaluate frontier AI browsing agents. Candidates must hold a master's degree or have over three years of experience, along with proven open-web research abilities and precision sourcing skills.

  • LLM
  • User Research

Posted 23 days ago

Web Research Specialist

Turing
Sciences and research
Remote
Full time

This remote role involves designing complex web research problems and evaluation benchmarks that state-of-the-art AI browsing agents cannot solve. Candidates must possess a master's degree or over three years of experience, along with exceptional open-web research abilities and precision with sourcing.

  • LLM
  • User Research

Posted 24 days ago

Military/Veteran Mental Health Experts

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Sciences and research
Expert
Remote
Contract

This remote contractor position involves reviewing mental health materials, evaluating simulated patient interactions, and refining AI models with clinical expertise. Applicants must be board-certified psychiatrists or clinical psychologists with direct experience treating military or veteran populations.

  • clinical psychology
  • psychiatry
  • military and veteran mental health expertise
  • +4

Posted 24 days ago$100 to $200/h

Developmental Psychology (PhD)

micro1
Sciences and research
Expert
Remote
Contract

This remote contractor evaluates, reviews, and annotates data sets to train artificial intelligence systems on child development and developmental psychology. Candidates must hold a doctorate in child development or developmental psychology and demonstrate proficiency in research or academic work.

  • child development expertise
  • developmental psychology

Posted 24 days ago$100 to $200/h

Material Science PhD Coding Experts

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Contract

This remote role involves authoring original AI evaluation tasks and coding problems for scientific computing models. Candidates must hold a PhD in materials science or a related field and have proficiency in Python, R, or another relevant programming language.

Posted 27 days ago$70/h

Biology PhD Coding Experts

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Contract

This remote role involves authoring original, executable scientific computing problems and grading criteria to evaluate frontier AI models. Candidates must hold a PhD in biology, biochemistry, genetics, or ecology, and possess strong programming proficiency in Python or R.

Posted 27 days ago$70/h