Quantum Chemistry AI Research Engineer (Part-Time)

Obsidian; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is hiring PhD and Master's scientists to author AI evaluation tasks (Sci Code). You will author original, executable research problems that today\'s frontier models cannot solve. Mercor partners with leading AI labs on a new benchmark for scientific computing.

You will source materials, write prompts, and build grading criteria, while calibrating against frontier models to ensure tasks challenge the strongest models.

Qualifications

• PhD in chemistry, physical chemistry, theoretical chemistry or computaional chemistry.
• Depth in quantum chemistry and computational chemistry required.
• Proficient in Python, R or similar scientific computing language.

Responsibilities

• Source your own material: paper, Kaggle dataset, open-source repo, or designed scenario.
• Write scientific prompts based on input.
• Build grading criteria defining a correct answer.
• Calibrate against frontier models with strong gating.

Skills

Python

R

Git

Docker

Education

PhD in chemistry or closely related field

Tools

GitHub

Docker

Job description

Mercor is hiring PhD and Master's scientists to author AI evaluation tasks (Sci Code). You will author original, executable research problems that today\'s frontier models cannot solve. Mercor partners with leading AI labs on a new benchmark for scientific computing.

You will source materials, write prompts, and build grading criteria, while calibrating against frontier models to ensure tasks challenge the strongest models.