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Company Name: Weekday AI (YC W21)
Job Title: Bioinformatics PhDs
Job Description: Job Title: Bioinformatics PhDs Role Summary Collaborate on AI-driven bioinformatics benchmarking, designing tasks to evaluate AI models from raw sequencing data to analytical output using natural language prompts. Expactations - 10‑20 hours/week, scalable to 40 hours. - Fully remote, asynchronous. - Short‑term contract (1‑2 months, extendable). - U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, or New Zealand residency required. Key Responsibilities - Design benchmark workflows grounded in peer‑reviewed scientific data. - Curate and annotate raw sequencing datasets for AI evaluation. - Integrate and test bioinformatics command‑line tools within benchmarks. - Document methodology and results for reproducibility. - Provide concise written and verbal communication of findings. Required Skills - Proficiency with bioinformatics command‑line tools (e.g., FASTQC, BWA, GATK, SAMtools, etc.). - Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities. - Excellent written and verbal communication. - Attention to detail and rigorous data handling. - Familiarity with AI model evaluation principles is a plus. Required Education & Certifications - Current graduate student (M.S. or Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, or Research Scientist in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics, or a closely related quantitative discipline.