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BioInformatics Experts

Listed on Mercor as “BioInformatics Experts”

$90-$110/hrRemoteContractPaid in USD
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What this actually is

You bring your specialist expertise to AI evaluation. The shape of the work varies but the pattern is the same: review outputs, rate quality, write prompts, flag errors. The platform title (BioInformatics Experts) reflects the rate band and the expertise required, not the day-to-day work.

Can you do this on your visa?

F-2 / F-4 / F-5 / F-6: open. E-1 to E-7: needs concurrent-employment permit. D-2 / D-4 students: S-3 permit, 20 hr/week cap. D-10 / D-8: case by case.

Korean tax on USD income

First 5 years in Korea: foreign-source income only taxed if remitted into Korea. After year 5: worldwide income. Full tax guide.

Original posting from Mercor

**What you'll do:**

  • Complete realistic, multi-step scientific data-analysis tasks in bioinformatics
  • Write original bioinformatics questions where each answer is exact and objective
  • Choose and anonymize data (e.g. from public archives such as GEO, SRA/ENA, ArrayExpress, PRIDE, PDB, MGnify or from your own unpublished lab data) for the model to analyze
  • Use scientific software, code, and command-line tools to generate reproducible analyses and structured final outputs
  • Develop a Jupyter validation notebook, analyzing the data in Python or R, which reproduces the correct answer to your question
  • Interpret results in the context of the underlying biological or translational question, clearly communicating assumptions, uncertainty, and conclusions

**Who we’re looking for**:

  • Masters or PhD (or equivalent research experience) in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, statistical genetics, quantitative biology or a closely related field
  • Hands-on experience analyzing sequencing and omics data (bulk or single-cell RNA-seq, WGS/WES, variant calling, metagenomics, proteomics or similar), from raw reads to interpretation
  • Experience with one or more of the following tools: samtools, bcftools, bedtools, BWA, Bowtie2, BLAST, plus Python (pandas, Biopython, pysam) or R/Bioconductor (DESeq2, edgeR, limma, GenomicRanges)
  • Able to write and run Jupyter notebooks that reproduce your work exactly
  • Clear, precise scientific writing
  • Access to unpublished or private datasets you have the right to share is a strong plus
  • Deep knowledge of at least one niche area, such as a non-model organism, an unusual assay, or a specialized area of genomic interpretation is a strong plus

Quoted from Mercor’s public listing on 2026-10-14.We don’t edit platform copy; honest framing is in the title and the “what this actually is” block above.

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