Life sciences work for AI
AI Training Jobs for Biologists
Measured from 51 distinct advertised rates, across 9 platforms. 11 of the 69 open roles here state no hourly rate; 7 advertise only a maximum ("up to $X/hr"), which is excluded.
AI labs pay biologists and life scientists by the hour to write biology problems a model gets wrong, check its experimental reasoning and analyses, and write the answer a researcher would give. 69 roles for biologists are open right now on 11 platforms, including Anyone AI, Turing and Alignerr. Every role is checked against its platform's job board daily.
Live roles for biologists
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Bioinformatics and computational biology
1 openBioinformatics, computational genomics and biology with Python: check a model's analyses and pipelines and build tasks with answers a script can verify.
Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Expert (India) (opens the job details)
Handshake AI · Domain Experts · Remote· 1mo agoDetails
up to $47/hr
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Pay by specialty
Each specialty's typical pay is measured over its own open roles the way every band on this site is (the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each advertised range) to the 90th-percentile advertised ceiling), and shown only where at least three distinct rates are posted.
What the roles ask for
Read from the requirements of 31 of the 69 open roles for biologists: the lines each role's pop-up lists from its posting. A role counts once, at the lowest degree it accepts.
- Name years of experience9
- Ask for coding (Python, SQL and the like)8
- Ask where you live or may work3
- Ask for a professional license1
- Ask for a certification1
The roles that name experience ask for a median of 2 years.
What platforms pay to find you
AfterQuery, Turing and micro1 post a flat referral bonus on 16 of the 69 open roles for biologists: what the platform pays whoever refers the person it accepts, a measure of how hard these people are to find. The platform pays it, and it never comes out of your pay.
Who hires biologists for AI work
How each platform checks you
The platforms hiring biologists now, in the words of each one's onboarding guide, with the source of every line. The full steps are on each platform's page.
- Assessment
- Interview (format not published), then project onboarding. How to apply
- Interview
- Interview
- Assessment
- Role-specific Turing vetting (proctored tests, AI interview, human interviews). How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Identity check
- A valid, unexpired, physical government photo ID: a passport or driver's license (Nigerian users may also use a physical NIN card). Source
- Credentials
- It describes three stages: screening and matching on your profile (skills, domain, credentials, availability), automated testing (coding challenges in 18-plus languages, RLHF and SFT-style task evaluations, and an adaptive AI interviewer), and expert human review with deep-dive interviews for complex or high-stakes roles. Source
- Assessment
- Role assessments and the Zara AI interview. How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Identity check
- Once you are matched to a project: a driver's license, state ID, work permit or permanent residence card from an accepted country, photographed live through Persona, plus a recent selfie. Source
- Assessment
- AfterQuery pool skills assessment (plus an interview step). How to apply
- Interview
- Video interview
- Identity check
- For verification and payouts: a government-issued photo ID, a device with a camera for a selfie, a phone that can receive a text code, a bank account in your own legal name in the same country you select in Stripe, and your SSN if you are in the US. Source
- Credentials
- AfterQuery says it welcomes 'experts with advanced degrees, significant industry experience, or demonstrated expertise in their field,' and that every expert goes through a verification process that includes credential checks and expertise validation. Source
- Assessment
- Project assessment (per project, after an invitation). How to apply
- Interview
- None published
- Identity check
- A government photo ID (driver's license, state ID, passport or green card) and a phone or tablet with a camera for the Persona ID and selfie check. Source
- Assessment
- The Zara AI interview (plus a role-specific skill check). How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Identity check
- Valid government-issued photo ID (passport or driver's license) for identity verification, matching the legal name on your application. Source
- Assessment
- Meridial Assessment (role-specific logic/reasoning evaluation). How to apply
- Interview
- Interview
- Assessment
- SME Careers AI interview, plus a qualification exam and recruiter interview on some roles. How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Identity check
- A valid government-issued photo ID and a selfie for Deel's identity check, with the name on the ID exactly matching your account. Source
- Assessment
- AI Video Interview (plus role-specific Form assessments). How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Assessment
- Role-specific Sovrano screening (AI interview, expert survey, qualification exam or work sample). How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Assessment
- AI interview (switched on per job by the employer). How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Identity check
- For jobs that require it: a government ID for an identity check through Didit (or Stripe Identity if Didit is unavailable), which may also ask for a selfie. Source
Where these roles are posted
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Frequently asked questions
How much do AI training jobs for biologists pay?
Across the 51 distinct hourly rates posted for roles for biologists right now, typical pay runs from $40 to $105 an hour, with a median of $45. The highest posted rate is $175 an hour, at AfterQuery. 11 of the 69 open roles for biologists state no hourly rate, so check each listing.
Do I need a PhD in biology?
For the research and specialist roles, usually a master's or PhD; the biology expert roles often take a bachelor's in biology with lab or research experience and a subject test. Bioinformatics roles ask for programming too. Each listing states the degree and the countries it accepts. Of the 31 open roles for biologists whose requirements we read, 15 ask for a PhD, 8 a master's, 6 a bachelor's or a degree and 2 name no degree.
What does a biologist do in AI training?
You write biology questions with verified answers, grade a model's reasoning on experiments, mechanisms and data, and correct it the way a reviewer would. Bioinformatics roles add the code and pipelines a model writes. It is remote, hourly contract work, and the hours depend on the project.
How do platforms check biologists?
Most platforms start with an assessment in your field before any paid work, and each listing says what it asks for. Of the platforms hiring biologists now, Turing, Alignerr, micro1, SuperAnnotate (SME) and Mercor run an AI interview (a recorded interview scored by AI) for many roles. Turing, Alignerr, AfterQuery, Handshake AI and micro1 check a government photo ID, usually with a selfie, before you are paid. Turing and AfterQuery say they check credentials such as degrees. The section on how each platform checks you quotes each guide with its source.
Are these jobs legitimate?
They are posted by established AI data platforms (Anyone AI, Turing, Alignerr and AfterQuery among them), and each platform's page here covers whether it is legit, how it vets people and how it pays. A legitimate platform never charges you to apply or to get work.
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