Medicinal Chemist — Remote Drug Discovery Scientist

Job overview

The Drug Discovery Scientist role is remote, with the listing identifying Mercor’s headquarters in San Francisco, CA. Compensation is $60–$90 per hour, and the stated commitment is 20–40 hours per week. Mercor connects technical and creative talent with leading AI research labs.

What you'll do

• Design realistic, source-grounded research problems for AI models in drug research
• build data rooms using real source-grounded data
• write grading documents focused on reasoning quality
• validate and calibrate tasks
• and revise tasks based on reviewer feedback while providing scientific and difficulty expertise.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

medicinal chemist

drug discovery scientist

drug research

ai research

medicinal chemistry

mechanistic enzymology

peptide design

antibody design

remote

mercor

$60–$90/hour

20–40 hours/week

phd or equivalent

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting identifies the position as a contract opportunity and requires a PhD or equivalent industry track record, with expertise in mechanistic enzymology, structure-guided peptide or antibody design, fragment-based discovery, or structure-based medicinal chemistry.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.