Biochemist
$30–85/hr
Remote science contract with SME Careers, $30–85/hr, open to people in Australia, Austria, Belgium and 24 more countries. First seen Oct 28.
$30–85/hr
Apply on SME CareersIs this job worth applying to?
- Pay
- About typicalTops out at $85/hr. The typical top rate across 106 priced science listings is $90/hr.
- Getting in
- Some screening~30 min: profile + 15-min AI interview. Credentials in your field.
- Steady work
- Work is patchyProjects can end a placement for quality issues.
- Payout record
- Pays on timeSchedule: weekly. Paid via Deel.
- Freshness
- No post dateSME Careers doesn't publish post dates. First seen Oct 28, 2026; still listed Nov 6, 2026.
- Where you live
- Named countries onlyOpen in Australia, Austria, Belgium and 24 more.
The job description
In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Biochemistry Expert (SME) to review AI-generated biochemistry content and/or create high-quality biochemistry reference content, evaluating scientific accuracy, reasoning quality, terminology, and step-by-step explanations while providing precise written feedback. You will assess outputs for correctness, clarity, biochemical reasoning, calculation accuracy where relevant, experimental context, safety awareness, and adherence to the prompt; identify errors in molecular mechanisms, pathways, enzyme kinetics, protein structure, metabolism, genetics, lab methods, and scientific interpretation; fact-check claims when needed; write high-quality rewrites and model answers that demonstrate best practices in biochemistry explanation; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and overall quality.
This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Your biochemistry expertise directly helps improve the world’s premier AI models by making their biochemical, molecular biology, and life-science outputs more accurate, reliable, and clearly explained.
Responsibilities
- Develop AI Training Content: Create prompts and gold-standard biochemistry answers across topics such as metabolism, enzyme kinetics, protein structure, molecular biology, laboratory methods, genetics, and biochemical regulation.
- Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI outputs to improve scientific accuracy, reasoning quality, terminology, structure, clarity, and relevance to the user’s prompt.
- Ensure Model Integrity: Detect unsafe or misleading scientific content, hallucinated mechanisms, incorrect pathways, flawed calculations, unsupported claims, and overconfident interpretations; validate reliability across life-science use cases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biomedical Sciences, Pharmacology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong professional proficiency in English, minimum C1, to follow guidelines and provide detailed feedback in English.
- 3+ years of experience in biochemistry research, laboratory work, teaching, tutoring, scientific writing, academic review, life-science QA, or related scientific work.
- Deep understanding of proteins, enzymes, metabolism, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids, cell signaling, molecular biology, and biochemical techniques.
- Ability to evaluate biochemical explanations, mechanisms, pathways, figures, calculations, and experimental interpretations for scientific accuracy and clarity.
- Comfortable identifying hallucinated claims, incorrect mechanisms, unsafe lab advice, flawed reasoning, misleading simplifications, or unsupported biological/chemical statements.
- High attention to detail when reviewing terminology, reaction logic, pathway directionality, units, concentrations, lab protocols, and data interpretation.
- Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.
- Prior experience with AI data training/annotation, scientific QA, academic QA, content review, or rubric-based evaluation is strongly preferred.
How do you apply to SME Careers?
Apply on SME Careers
The Apply button opens this post on SME Careers's own site. You apply with them, not with Rubric. Budget about 30 min: profile + 15-min AI interview.
Get through screening
What SME Careers asks for after you apply:
- Do the ~15-minute English AI video interview on a desktop (up to 3 attempts)
- Take any written or video qualification exam
- Sign the Deel contract and join Discord
- Wait for a project offer by email
Start work and get paid
Pay schedule: weekly. Paid via Deel. You're paid for the work they hand out, not a fixed salary.
SME Careers also needs
- Credentials in your field
- Desktop with webcam
- Deel account
Red flags
None on record for SME Careers. A real platform never asks you to pay for training, equipment or a "starter kit".
What is SME Careers like to work for?
SuperAnnotate's expert-hiring site, which places credentialed specialists on hourly AI training contracts paid through Deel.
| Advertised pay | $20–130/hr |
|---|---|
| Getting in | Some screening |
| Application takes | ~30 min: profile + 15-min AI interview |
| How you get paid | Weekly, via Deel |
| Payout record | Pays on time |
| Countries | Hires in nearly 90 countries, including India, Nigeria, Kenya, Pakistan and the Philippines; sanctioned countries are excluded and some projects set region or language rules. |
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