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Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Expert (India)

Handshake AI

Up to $47/hr India Flexible hours Expert / credentialed

Remote, self-paced evaluation of AI genomics and computational biology responses with structured feedback. Suits PhD scientists with first-author publications and experience owning sequencing pipelines.

About the role

Opportunity Overview
Handshake is looking for experienced computational biologists and bioinformatics scientists to support AI research through flexible, part-time contract work. This is not a traditional job — you'll draw on your hands-on experience in genomics, NGS analysis, or computational biology to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI reason like a practicing computational biologist or bioinformatics scientist.
This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current role.
What You'll Do

  • Use your domain expertise to create expert-level bioinformatics problems and scenarios grounded in real pipeline design, sequence analysis, and research workflows
  • Review and evaluate AI-generated responses for technical accuracy, reproducibility, and alignment with how the work is actually done
  • Provide structured written feedback to help improve AI model performance
  • Complete tasks at your own pace with no set schedule or minimum hour requirement

Qualifications
Ideal candidates meet all three of the following:

  • Industry/research experience — a track record of first-author publications and ownership of non-trivial bioinformatics pipelines that frontier AI models cannot reproduce
  • Degree — PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics, or a comparable quantitative/life sciences discipline. An MS paired with strong industry experience also qualifies
  • Sub-domain depth — demonstrated expertise in one of the following areas:
  • NGS/genomics pipelines (BWA, GATK, samtools) and sequence analysis (BLAST, Biopython)
  • Statistical genetics
  • Structural biology (PyMOL, AlphaFold)

Candidates who meet at least 2 of the 3 qualifications above are also encouraged to apply.
Additional qualifications (not required, but strengthen your application)

  • Proficiency with R/Bioconductor and other standard bioinformatics or computational biology software environments
  • Experience owning end-to-end genomics or NGS/sequencing pipelines in an academic or industry research setting

Required for all applicants

  • Must have Indian work authorization
  • Strong written communication and attention to detail
  • Ability to explain complex biological concepts clearly
  • Ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment

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