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Preclinical R&D Scientist Drug Expert

Mercor

Job Location:

Berlin - Germany

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 17 August 2026 (5 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 14 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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 DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Preclinical R&D Expert In-house Drug Development
Type: Contract
Compensation: $85$142/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

Review technical materials and real-world R&D data in your area of expertise to improve AI model performance.
Label classify and annotate scientific data and model outputs to enhance model accuracy.
Provide expert perspective on key scientific and development decisions including target and modality selection.
Help define structure and quality standards for the clients dataset pipeline.
Participate in expert discussions interviews and research engagements to guide AI platform development.

Qualifications

Must-Have

Hands-on non-administrative preclinical R&D experience at a company that develops its own drug assets.
Work in a core R&D function: discovery biology medicinal chemistry protein/antibody engineering computational in vivo/translational pharmacology/PK-PD toxicology or CMC/formulation.
Hands-on experience with one or more drug modalities (small molecules monoclonal antibodies peptides ADCs bispecifics mRNA siRNA ASOs PROTACs molecular glues cell therapies gene therapies radioligand therapies etc.).
5 years of relevant industry R&D experience.

Preferred

Experience taking a program through lead optimization or IND-enabling/preclinical development.
Experience at mid-sized emerging or resource-constrained biotech.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)