# Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD)

- Platform: Micro1
- Pay: $45–$90/hour
- Location: Remote, Worldwide
- Contract: contract
- Fields: Healthcare & Medicine, Languages & Translation
- Last verified open: 2026-11-09
- Listing on SOJI (apply here): https://hiring.sojistudio.com/jobs/clinical-microbiome-translational-research-scientist-phd

Contract role for PhD scientists in microbiome and translational research to write expert problems and review AI outputs. Remote (Worldwide), $45-$90/hr.

## About the Role
This contract role asks PhD-level life scientists to apply their expertise to train AI systems, focusing on microbiome, metagenomics and clinical or translational bioinformatics.

## What You'll Do
- Write challenging expert-level problems in microbiome/metagenomics and clinical bioinformatics, each with a clear verifiable solution.
- Review AI model outputs for scientific accuracy, rigor and depth of reasoning.
- Build detailed rubrics and reference answers grounded in the primary literature.
- Cover areas such as 16S and shotgun metagenomics, virome analysis, biomarker discovery, clinical genomics and precision medicine.
- Explain your reasoning in writing so other experts can validate it.
- Meet quality standards through feedback and peer review.

## Requirements
- PhD in microbiology, bioinformatics, computational biology, biomedical sciences, immunology, epidemiology or a close field.
- Hands-on academic or industry lab research (wet lab is a plus).
- Professional English, C1 or higher.
- Preferred: postdoc or industry research, first-author publications, QIIME2, Kraken2, MetaPhlAn, HUMAnN, TCGA, UK Biobank, statistics/ML, Python and/or R.

## Compensation & Logistics
Independent contractor, remote and open worldwide. Pay is $45-$90/hr.

Source: SOJI (hiring.sojistudio.com), an independent job board. Pay is the range shown by the platform when the role was collected; confirm on the application page.