Pod Lead - Life Science (Terminal Bench Science) | $20 - $30/hr

Qualification: Ph.D., postdoctoral, or equivalent research experience in the life sciences.

Job Type: Contractor assignment

Location: Remote

Domain: Life Sciences | Bioinformatics | AI Training

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Computational Life Sciences or Medicine expert to lead a pod of 5–10 technical trainers. You will oversee the development of realistic, terminal-based scientific tasks for a frontier AI training initiative. You will review tasks for accuracy, reproducibility, and evaluation quality, mentor trainers, and ensure tasks reflect authentic life science and computational workflows.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead, mentor, and allocate work for a pod of trainers; monitor quality and throughput.
- Review tasks end-to-end (datasets, pipelines, reference solutions, automated tests) to ensure authentic, multi-step scientific reasoning.




- Validate scientific correctness (genome builds, statistical assumptions, units, etc.) and ensure pipelines are reproducible and secure from bypass.
- Design challenging agentic workflows and robust automated grading criteria based on substantive outputs.
- Screen tasks for biosafety/dual-use concerns and ensure data privacy.

Key Requirements

- Ph.D., postdoctoral, or equivalent research experience in life sciences.
- Robust scientific programming experience (particularly Python).
- Prior experience working as a POD-lead.
- Expertise in areas like bioinformatics, computational genomics, biostatistics, structural biology, or drug discovery.
- Ability to independently validate scientific reasoning and computational outputs.

Role Details

- Start Date: Immediate
- Engagement Length: 3 weeks

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