$70-100/hrAs published by the platform.
This part-time role puts drug discovery experts to work on training and evaluating AI models for science. The work covers designing challenging drug discovery tasks and benchmarks, checking model reasoning on pharmacology and ADME/Tox questions, and acting as the domain authority on the quality of expert-produced data. It suits pharmacologists, DMPK scientists and toxicologists with hands-on industry or academic research experience.
$70-100/hr
Pay as published by the platform. It is not a guarantee of income or hours.
Open to residents of: United States.
You apply on work.mercor.com: create a profile, complete a skills assessment, then get matched to projects that fit your background.
Official posting: https://work.mercor.com/jobs/list_AAABoWVP2LVSRCNBUUlNs4H0/drug-discovery-specialist-pharmacology-adme-tox
Last checked on October 24, 2026.
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