Drug Discovery AI Evaluation Scientist

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About AI Training Work

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. Scientific experts help models improve by creating challenging examples, evaluating generated work, and judging whether an answer is supported by sound reasoning and evidence.

• Work on cutting-edge AI systems
• Use your professional expertise to shape model behavior
• Support evaluation based on substance, evidence, and reasoning

The Role

OpenTrain is seeking a Drug Discovery AI Evaluation Scientist to design realistic research challenges for frontier AI models working in drug research and development. You will create evidence-rich scientific scenarios where the correct conclusion must be reasoned from incomplete, indirect, and sometimes misleading information rather than recalled or found through a simple lookup.

The work combines advanced drug discovery knowledge with rigorous evaluation of model reasoning. Each challenge should support one defensible conclusion and test whether a strong solver can follow the underlying scientific logic.

• Category: Generative AI evaluation
• Work arrangement: Remote, worldwide
• Experience level: Entry level listing with advanced subject-matter requirements
• Language: English
• Engagement: Part-time contractor

What You'll Do

You will develop research problems, supporting evidence, and grading materials that distinguish genuine scientific reasoning from pattern matching or unsupported answers. Completed work will go through verification and calibration before submission, with revisions made when review identifies necessary changes.

• Design research problems around hidden scientific mechanisms and forcing chains that support one defensible conclusion.
• Assemble a data room from real, source-grounded evidence so every decisive value can be traced to its source.
• Write grading documents that assess a submitted memo on scientific substance rather than style or method.
• Run verification and calibration before submitting completed work.
• Revise completed work when review identifies changes that are needed.

Required Qualifications

This role requires advanced drug discovery expertise and the ability to judge both the quality and difficulty of scientific reasoning. A PhD or equivalent industry track record is required in a relevant scientific field.

• Working expertise in mechanistic enzymology, structure-guided peptide or antibody design, fragment-based discovery, or structure-based medicinal chemistry
• PhD or equivalent industry track record in a relevant drug discovery field
• Ability to build rigorous research problems from incomplete and indirect scientific evidence
• Ability to construct challenges that strong solvers cannot answer through pattern matching or simple lookup
• Ability to evaluate scientific reasoning and defend judgments about content and difficulty

Helpful Background and Tools

Experience with scientific evidence synthesis, medicinal chemistry research, mechanistic analysis, or evaluation of technical written work can support success in this role. The work uses a browser-based studio, open-source scientific tooling, and Claude Code.

• A Claude Max subscription is required
• The Claude Max subscription is fully reimbursed
• Experience synthesizing scientific evidence is helpful
• Experience evaluating technical written work is helpful

Schedule and Pay

This is a remote contractor role with a minimum commitment of 20 hours per week and availability for up to 40 hours per week. The hourly rate is $60 to $90 USD.

• Minimum commitment: 20 hours per week
• Maximum availability: Up to 40 hours per week
• Pay: $60-$90 USD per hour
• Employment type: Contractor and part-time

How to Apply

Create a free OpenTrain account and apply through OpenTrain. Your expertise in drug discovery, scientific evidence, and technical evaluation can help shape how advanced AI systems reason about research and development.

• Review the requirements and schedule
• Highlight your relevant drug discovery expertise and track record
• Apply remotely through OpenTrain