Life Sciences Research Expert (Python)
Listing checked October 22, 2026 · pay as published by micro1
Key details
- Pay
- $60–120/hr
- Location
- Remote
- Job type
- contract
- Openings
- 100
- Posted
- October 22, 2026
Overview
micro1 is hiring life sciences researchers with solid Python skills to work on projects that test and improve advanced AI systems. You will use your scientific background to create, solve, and review challenging problems in biology and related fields. The role is fully remote and global, with a flexible schedule where you pick your hours and days, including weekends. Pay ranges from $60 to $120 per hour, and work is output-based, paid per task that meets specifications.
What You'll Do7
- Design and solve rigorous scientific problems within your area of expertise.
- Write reproducible Python code for analyses, models, simulations, or data-processing workflows.
- Review scientific solutions and code for correctness, clarity, and completeness.
- Validate computational results and spot errors in technical reasoning or code.
- Apply domain knowledge to evaluate and improve AI-generated scientific content.
- Document your methods and results so others can reproduce them.
- Meet project specifications for each task you submit.
Requirements7
- PhD, MD, or master's degree with substantial research experience in a life sciences discipline.
- Strong research background shown through publications, thesis work, computational projects, or industry research.
- Hands-on Python experience for scientific computing, data analysis, modeling, or simulation.
- Familiarity with libraries such as NumPy, pandas, SciPy, Matplotlib, scikit-learn, Jupyter, or domain-specific tools.
- Expertise in at least one area: medicine, biomedical science, computational biology, neuroscience, molecular and cellular biology, biotechnology, bioinformatics, genetics, genomics, ecology, evolutionary biology, biostatistics, or biological data science.
- Ability to start within 24-48 hours of onboarding.
- Comfort working independently on a flexible, remote schedule.
Who Should Apply
This role suits researchers who hold a PhD, MD, or master's with strong research experience and can code in Python for scientific work. If you have publications or computational projects and want to apply your expertise to AI evaluation, this is a good match.
Salary Insight
The rate is $60 to $120 per hour. Compensation is output-based: you are paid per task that meets the project specifications, and the time per task varies with your experience and workflow.
Pay and demand for Science & Research roles
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This role · as published
$60–120/hr
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Typical pay · estimated
$80/hour
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Most Science & Research roles pay $55–$100 per hour. This role's pay falls inside that range.
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- python23%
- ai evaluation12%
- code review11%
- llm evaluation11%
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