Chemistry PhD - Scientific Expert
United States
Full-time
Remote
1 month ago
About the role
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: Chemistry - Scientific Domain Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $90–$130/hour
Location: San Francisco
Duration: 6 months
Commitment: 40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
Qualifications
Must-Have
Preferred
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
Resources & Support
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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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: Chemistry - Scientific Domain Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $90–$130/hour
Location: San Francisco
Duration: 6 months
Commitment: 40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Design chemistry-focused tasks and model evaluation workflows to test scientific reasoning.
- Translate chemistry expertise into clear instructions, rubrics, grading criteria, and review processes.
- Read and synthesize scientific papers and technical materials for model training.
- Evaluate model-generated outputs for scientific correctness and rigor; provide clear written technical feedback.
- Partner with research and engineering teams to improve data quality and evaluation design.
- Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- PhD or equivalent research experience in chemistry or a closely related field.
- Strong scientific reasoning to assess correctness and rigor of chemistry-related claims and model outputs.
- Hands-on technical fluency with datasets, notebooks, Python, LLMs, and scientific software.
- Ability to commit to 40 hours/week, fully onsite in San Francisco for 6 months.
- Strong written communication skills to explain scientific decisions clearly.
Preferred
- Experience in computational chemistry, cheminformatics, molecular modeling, or adjacent computational research.
- Prior Mercor annotation/evaluation experience (2+ projects).
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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Skills
ScienceSoftware Development