Drug Discovery Specialist – Freelance AI Trainer
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Job Description
Drug discovery specialist training language models on medicinal chemistry and pharmacology. Evaluating reasoning, documenting errors, and improving AI prompts for Meridial.
Responsibilities:
- Challenge advanced language models on drug discovery topics
- Converse with the model on compound screening strategies and theoretical drug design questions
- Verify factual accuracy and logical soundness
- Capture reproducible error traces and document failure modes
- Suggest improvements to prompt engineering and evaluation metrics
- Help train AI systems intended to support scientific discovery, education, and laboratory work
Requirements:
- Drug discovery expertise in medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, high-throughput screening, target validation, ADMET profiling, lead optimization, molecular modeling, structure-based drug design, and translational research
- Expertise in ligand–receptor interactions, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, in silico docking studies, assay development, chemical libraries, biomarker identification, and preclinical candidate evaluation
- PhD in pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, pharmacology, or a closely related life-science field is ideal
- Peer-reviewed publications, lab-based discovery research, or applied computational chemistry projects signal fit
- Clear, metacognitive communication and ability to “show your work”
- Secure computer and high-speed internet
Benefits:
- Pay range of $8-to-$65 per hour
- Company-sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply; contractor supplies a secure computer and high-speed internet



