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Pharmacology Specialist

$70 - $100 per hour
Full-time

Mercor

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Drug Discovery Scientist / Toxicology Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $70–$100/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Review and annotate datasets related to drug discovery, pharmacology, and safety biology . Interpret experimental outputs from target biology studies, biochemical assays, cellular models, and safety screens .
  • Analyze relationships between compound structure, potency, selectivity, exposure, and toxicity signals . Identify mechanistic explanations behind efficacy or toxicity findings across discovery experiments .
  • Audit annotated scientific datasets for biological, pharmacological, and safety accuracy . Validate structure–activity relationships (SAR), target engagement logic, and pharmacokinetic interpretations .
  • Contribute to annotation guidelines for drug discovery workflows, SAR, pharmacokinetics and ADME reasoning, toxicity mechanisms, and safety pharmacology .
  • Review AI-generated reasoning traces involving drug mechanism of action, target biology interpretation, toxicity mechanisms, and risk assessment . Provide structured feedback to improve scientific rigor, causal reasoning, and translational relevance in model outputs.
  • Contribute to scientific standards documentation and training materials for model development. Help define gold-standard examples of drug discovery reasoning and toxicity interpretation .

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • PhD , PharmD , DVM , MD , or MS with significant industry experience in Medicinal Chemistry , Pharmacology , Toxicology , Chemical Biology , Molecular Biology , Pharmaceutical Sciences , or Biochemistry .
  • 3–5+ years of hands-on experience in drug discovery or safety assessment , including drug discovery programs from target validation through lead optimization , SAR analysis , pharmacokinetics (PK) and ADME interpretation , and toxicology and safety pharmacology studies .
  • Strong expertise in target biology and mechanism-of-action reasoning , dose-response relationships and exposure margins , and translational interpretation between preclinical and clinical findings .
  • Experience reviewing primary experimental data and study reports .
  • Exceptional attention to scientific accuracy and mechanistic reasoning .

Preferred

  • Experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology drug discovery teams .
  • Background in lead optimization, translational biology, or nonclinical safety .
  • Familiarity with DMPK workflows, safety biomarkers, and regulatory toxicology considerations .
  • Experience contributing to cross-functional discovery teams .
  • Exposure to AI/ML tools applied to biomedical research .

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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