By profession

AI Jobs for STEM researchers and PhDs

204 live roles for STEM researchers and PhDs, from 8 sources. Median advertised pay $85/hr.

Live roles

204

190 role families

Median

$85/hr

173 USD hourly

Remote

100%

of this set

Platforms

8

with live roles

81 of 204 listings do not publish country eligibility. A role that fits your profession is not automatically open in your country.

Filtered view. The clean page is canonical and indexed; filtered URLs are noindex. Showing 46 of 204 roles, 100% remote.

Filtered roles

46 listings in 44 role families

Showing 1–30 of 44 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 5d ago

Life Sciences Research Scientist (PhD): Wet Lab & Computational Biology

Remotecontract
Computational ChemistryMolecular Simulations+20 more

$45–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 5d ago

STEM Expert – Chemistry & Computational Chemistry (PhD)

Remotecontract
Computational ChemistryStructural Bioinformatics+7 more

$45–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 6d ago

Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Expert (PhD)

Remotecontract
Computational ChemistryMolecular Simulations+23 more

$45–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 6d ago

Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD)

Remotecontract
Computational ChemistryMolecular Simulations+20 more

$45–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 7d ago

STEM Expert – Biology & Bioinformatics (PhD)

Remotecontract
Scientific Software ConfigurationAi/ml Assisted Chemistry Workflows+7 more

$45–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 7d ago

Computational Chemistry, Structural Biology & Drug Discovery Scientist (PhD)

Remotecontract
Computational ChemistryStructural Bioinformatics+7 more

$45–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

STEM Expert (MSc./PhD)

Remotecontract
Biology

$60–120/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 10d ago

Biology PhD Expert - AI Annotation

Remotecontract
BiologyMolecular Biology+14 more

$40–90/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 15d ago

Chemistry Domain Expert

Remotehourly
ChemistryOrganic Chemistry+16 more

$90–140/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 16d ago

Physics Domain Expert

Remotehourly
PhysicsAstrophysics+11 more

$90–140/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 16d ago

Biology & Life Sciences Domain Expert

Remotehourly
BiochemistryMolecular Biology+16 more

$90–140/hr

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Meridial

MeridialVerified

Posted 21d ago

Geospatial Research and Analysis Expert

Remote
GisGeospatial Analysis+18 more

$35/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 23d ago

Web Research Specialist

Remotecontract
LLMLLM Evaluation+19 more

Pay not published

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 23d ago

Chemistry Specialist, Synthetic & Analytical Chemistry

Remotepart-time
ChemistrySynthetic Chemistry+23 more

$70–100/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 24d ago

Chemistry Expert (PhD/Master's)

Remotecontract
ChemistryPhysical Chemistry+11 more

Pay not published

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 24d ago

Genomics & Cell Biology Specialist

Remotepart-time
Molecular BiologyCell Biology+18 more

$70–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 24d ago

Life Sciences Research Expert (Python)

Remotecontract
PythonBiology+4 more

$60–120/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 24d ago

Biology Expert - Remote AI Content Review

RemotePart-Time
BiologyVirology+13 more

$125/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 26d ago

Agentic Life Science Expert - Remote Computational Biology

Remotecontract
PythonBioinformatics+19 more

Pay not published

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 26d ago

Earth Sciences Research Engineer

Remotecontract
PythonR+28 more
Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 27d ago

Clinical Survey Research & Methodology Expert (Physician / PhD)

Remotehourly
Survey DesignQuestionnaire Development+18 more

$200/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Chemistry Expert - Remote AI Feedback Role

RemotePart-Time
Computational ChemistryPhysical Chemistry+13 more

$125/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 28d ago

Biology Expert (PhD/Master’s)

Remotecontract
BiologyMolecular Biology+15 more

Pay not published

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 30d ago

Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Researcher (Task Author)

Remote
PythonBioinformatics+22 more

$100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Chemistry Expert (UK)

RemotePart-Time
Computational ChemistryPhysical Chemistry+19 more

$65/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Research Scientist - Computer Science & Computational Physics

Remotecontract
Computational RigorComplex Problem Solving Research+1 more

$100–400/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Medical Research Technical Staff

Remotefull-time
Medical/health ResearchEnterprise AI+2 more

$7–8/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

STEM Researchers - MSc/PhD (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
PythonJupyter+12 more

$50–60/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Research Scientist - Formal Methods

Remote
Formal MethodsLean+15 more

$135/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemistry Expert - Remote Part-Time Position

Remotepart-time
ChemistryOrganic Chemistry+16 more

$65–105/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$492
  • $50–$9926
  • $100–$14910
  • $150+2

USD hourly midpoints, anomalies excluded. Advertised pay, not earnings.

Top skills

  • Biology
  • scientific writing
  • python
  • peer review
  • ai evaluation
  • computational chemistry
  • cheminformatics
  • molecular biology
  • biochemistry
  • experimental design
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How these numbers are calculated

NearSkill lists 204 live roles for STEM researchers and PhDs, grouped into 190 role families. Of the 173 USD hourly listings, the median advertised rate is $85/hr. The middle 50% sits between $50 and $100/hr, and the full posted range is $7 to $250/hr. These are advertised rates, not earnings.

The largest sources in this set are micro1 (59), AfterQuery (40), Handshake AI (31), Mercor (24). The skills that appear most often are python, ai evaluation, llm evaluation, technical writing, english. 100% of this set is remote.

Eligibility is mixed: 64 listings publish country eligibility explicitly, 0 imply it in the description, 81 do not state it. 59 listings are marked worldwide. Missing eligibility is treated as unknown, not as worldwide.

Figures were computed from the live job feed on November 15, 2026. Counts and pay move as listings are added or closed. NearSkill does not estimate missing pay, and non-USD rates are excluded from the USD medians rather than converted.

Questions, answered

How many roles are live for STEM researchers and PhDs?

204 active listings on November 15, 2026, grouped into 190 role families. Near-identical language or region variants are grouped so one employer cannot fill the list.

What is the median advertised pay?

$85/hr from 173 USD hourly listings. The middle 50% runs from $50 to $100/hr. It is advertised pay, not earnings, and missing pay is not estimated.

Which platforms have the most roles?

micro1 leads with 59 listings, followed by AfterQuery (40), Handshake AI (31), Mercor (24).

Are these roles remote?

100% of this set is remote. Remote describes the work arrangement; it does not guarantee that the employer accepts applicants from every country.

How is country eligibility determined?

Eligibility comes from the listing's country field when it is present, or from explicit eligibility language in the description. 81 listings in this set do not state it, and those are treated as unknown rather than worldwide.

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