Applied Chemistry Benchmark Specialist

Confidential; United States; À distance; USD 60 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Confidential is seeking expert chemists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will create original chemistry questions or verify existing ones, rate their difficulty, and supply concise stepwise explanations and scholarly references.

Remote, US-based engagement requiring strong written English and deep chemistry knowledge. The role covers materials, polymer chemistry, energy storage, pharmaceuticals, and related fields, with flexible

Qualifications

• PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or closely related field.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly.
• Strong command of graduate-level chemistry concepts, reaction mechanisms and quantitative analysis.
• Experience designing rigorous academic problem sets or olympiad-style questions is a plus.
• Ability to work asynchronously and meet review deadlines.

Responsabilités

• Author original chemistry questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Rate difficulty levels: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible distractors.
• Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor when in verification mode.
• Document changes and justify edits for verification tasks.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.

Description du poste

Role Overview

We are seeking expert chemists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core chemistry domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

You will be assigned one of two task types:

• Question Authoring — Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of chemistry expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review.

• Question Verification — Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made.

Chemistry Domains Covered

Materials, Polymer & Electronic Chemistry, Industrial & Process Chemistry, Energy Storage & Environmental Chemistry, Pharmaceutical & Agrochemical Chemistry, Consumer, Food & Specialty Chemicals.

Key Responsibilities

• Author original chemistry questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall

• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined — all necessary information must be in the problem statement

• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above)

• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers

• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format

• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories)

• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made

Ideal Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related field

• Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain

• Strong command of graduate-level chemistry concepts, reaction mechanisms, and quantitative analysis

• Experience with rigorous academic problem design or chemistry olympiad writing is a strong plus

• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely

More About the Opportunity

• Expected commitment: 10+ hours/week

• Asynchronous, fully remote work

This is a 100% remote contract role. Applicants must be located in: United States.