Life Sciences Scientific Reasoning Task Author

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About AI Training Work

AI training is the human side of building modern artificial intelligence. Experts create, review, and evaluate examples that help AI systems interpret information, reason through complex problems, and produce more reliable responses.

In this role, your scientific judgment will help shape how AI models handle advanced biological concepts. The work is remote and focused on meaningful expert contribution rather than simple factual labeling or routine data entry.

• Contribute to cutting-edge AI development through expert scientific reasoning
• Work with text-based generation, question answering, and evaluation tasks
• Build specialized experience in a fast-growing AI training industry

The Role

OpenTrain is recruiting a Life Sciences Scientific Reasoning Task Author to create rigorous, non-code benchmark tasks that test advanced biological understanding. You will transform realistic experiments, biological datasets, figures, sequences, structures, scientific text, and research evidence into challenging questions and expert reference answers.

The work emphasizes scientific interpretation, synthesis, and defensible reasoning. It is designed to test whether an AI system can understand complex biological evidence rather than recall isolated facts or write programs.

• Role type: Contractor and part-time
• Work arrangement: Remote and worldwide
• Primary language: English
• Focus area: Advanced life sciences scientific reasoning

What You'll Do

You will design novel life sciences problems that require advanced scientific reasoning and present them in a clear, self-contained format. Your work will draw on research scenarios, experimental results, biological data, figures, sequences, structures, and literature-style evidence.

You will also validate the scientific quality of each task, including its claims, calculations, assumptions, conclusions, and possible interpretations. Outputs should be clear and reproducible while incorporating reviewer feedback.

• Create challenging, non-code benchmark questions in the life sciences
• Write objectively defensible answers and detailed expert reference explanations
• Interpret experiments, datasets, figures, sequences, structures, and research findings
• Identify ambiguity, unsupported assumptions, and insufficiently constrained questions
• Recognize alternative scientifically valid interpretations
• Assess the quality of AI-generated scientific responses
• Document work clearly and reproducibly
• Incorporate reviewer feedback while maintaining high standards

Required Qualifications

A Ph.D., postdoctoral experience, or equivalent advanced research experience in the life sciences is required. You should have deep expertise in at least one biological discipline and be comfortable interpreting scientific experiments, data, and research findings.

Strong candidates can translate complex scientific concepts into precise problems with defensible answers. They can also evaluate ambiguity, assumptions, calculations, competing interpretations, and the strength of evidence behind a conclusion.

• Ph.D., postdoctoral, or equivalent advanced research expertise in a life sciences discipline
• Expertise in at least one area such as molecular biology, genetics and genomics, cell biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, microbiology, immunology, ecology, structural biology, biophysics, developmental biology, cancer biology, or pharmacology
• Ability to interpret experimental results, biological datasets, figures, sequences, or structures
• Experience designing rigorous, graduate-level scientific problems with objectively defensible answers
• Sound judgment when identifying ambiguity, unsupported assumptions, and alternative valid interpretations
• Ability to write precise expert reference answers
• Ability to evaluate LLM-generated scientific responses

Helpful Background

The following experience is useful but is presented as helpful background rather than a stated requirement. It can support the ability to design demanding scientific assessments and judge the quality of model-generated reasoning.

• Designing graduate-level scientific problems or assessments
• Reviewing scientific manuscripts
• Evaluating LLM-generated scientific responses
• Publishing in peer-reviewed venues
• Teaching or mentoring graduate students
• Working with AI or machine learning evaluation datasets

Schedule and Engagement

This is a remote, one-month contractor assignment. The role description requires at least 40 hours per week, including at least four hours of overlap with Pacific Time. The listing also records a 20+ hours per week time requirement, so applicants should confirm the expected schedule during the application process.

• Duration: One month
• Engagement: Contractor assignment
• Schedule: At least 40 hours per week according to the role description
• Overlap: At least four hours with Pacific Time
• Recorded time requirement: 20+ hours per week
• Location: Worldwide and remote

Why Work With OpenTrain

OpenTrain gives contributors a place to manage AI training opportunities, present credible experience, and build a portfolio around work that directly influences how AI systems behave. For life sciences experts, this creates a way to apply research judgment to the development of advanced AI.

If you enjoy turning complex evidence into precise questions and rigorous explanations, this assignment offers a focused opportunity to contribute your scientific expertise to AI training.

• Apply advanced biological knowledge to emerging AI systems
• Work remotely on specialized scientific reasoning tasks
• Build a durable portfolio of AI training experience
• Create a free OpenTrain account and apply in minutes