STEM — Life Sciences Evaluator (contract)
Overview
MarketerHire is seeking a contract Life Sciences Evaluator to assess AI-generated scientific work—including literature summaries, protocols, data interpretations, and technical reports—for accuracy, rigor, evidence support, and scientific quality. The role requires advanced life-sciences expertise, critical reading of primary literature, strong scientific writing, sound biosecurity judgment, and the ability to work independently in a remote engagement based in the US, Canada, or UK.
Responsibilities
<h2>Key Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Evaluate AI-generated scientific work against quality rubrics, including literature summaries, mechanism and pathway explanations, experimental designs and protocols, data interpretations, and technical reports or slides.</li><li>Assess scientific quality, accuracy, rigor, experimental logic, and whether conclusions are supported by the cited evidence.</li><li>Identify factual errors, fabricated or misattributed citations, invented mechanisms, flawed experimental logic, and unsupported conclusions.</li><li>Read primary literature critically and distinguish well-supported claims from plausible-sounding claims.</li><li>Write clear, structured feedback and concise justifications for every score.</li><li>Apply current laboratory and computational methods in your subfield while accounting for their limitations.</li><li>Use sound judgment when reviewing biosecurity and dual-use content and follow strict content-handling guidelines.</li><li>Help refine grading criteria and iterate on evaluation practices based on feedback from senior reviewers.</li><li>Work independently, follow complex instructions, reason through ambiguity, and identify errors in confident, well-sourced work.</li></ul>
Requirements
<h2>Required Qualifications</h2><ul><li>PhD in a life-sciences field, or a Master's degree with 2–3 years of hands-on research experience.</li><li>Subfield depth in an area such as molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, genomics, biochemistry, microbiology, immunology, pharmacology, neuroscience, physiology, or bioinformatics.</li><li>Working familiarity with current laboratory and computational methods in your subfield, including their limitations.</li><li>Ability to read primary literature critically and distinguish a well-supported claim from a plausible-sounding one.</li><li>Excellent scientific writing in English and the ability to explain judgment concisely.</li><li>Ability to follow complex instructions, reason through ambiguity, and spot errors in work that reads as confident and well sourced.</li><li>Ability to clearly separate what you know from what you are inferring, including where evidence supports a conclusion and where it does not.</li><li>Sound judgment on biosecurity and dual-use content and willingness to follow strict handling guidelines.</li><li>Ability to work independently, learn new tools quickly, and take feedback well.</li><li>Availability for 30–40+ hours per week for the full 12-week engagement.</li><li>Ability to complete required onboarding on content-handling guidelines before starting.</li></ul>
Benefits
<h2>Benefits and Perks</h2><ul><li>Remote contract engagement for professionals in the US, Canada, and UK.</li><li>Flexible scheduling within the required weekly commitment.</li><li>Defined 12-week engagement with the possibility of extension based on needs and performance.</li><li>Opportunity to shape how AI systems are evaluated in your field.</li></ul>