Analytical Chemist: AI Safety Red Team & Prompt Writer

Obsidian; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of chemistry and chemical safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. The goal is to test whether a model can correctly judge the misuse potential of a technical request — answering legitimate questions fully while refusing genuinely dangerous ones.

You will write prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels; evaluate the responses against a defined policy standard; and write the reference answer — what a correct response looks like, and the technical

Qualifications

• Experience detecting hazardous compounds.
• Experience validating analytical methods.
• Experience with environmental, occupational, or emergency-sampling analysis.
• Strong technical writing and ability to justify judgments.

Responsibilities

• Write prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels.
• Evaluate model responses against policy standards.
• Draft reference answers with technical reasoning for correct responses.

Skills

Hazardous compounds detection

Trace-level analysis methods

Technical writing

Red-teaming experience

Education

Analytical chemistry background

Tools

GC-MS

LC-MS/MS

IR

NMR

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of chemistry and chemical safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. The goal is to test whether a model can correctly judge the misuse potential of a technical request — answering legitimate questions fully while refusing genuinely dangerous ones.

You will write prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels; evaluate the responses against a defined policy standard; and write the reference answer — what a correct response looks like, and the technical