Chemistry Domain Expert

AuraOne Human Data; United States; Remote; USD 124,000 - 193,000; Part time

Job summary

AuraOne, Inc. is seeking a Chemistry Domain Expert to evaluate AI outputs in chemistry reasoning, calculations, and research workflows. You will review derivations, reproduce key steps, and document the correct method to train the modeling team.

This independent contractor role offers remote work for US applicants, with hourly pay of $90–$140 and a requirement of at least 10 hours per week. You will verify methods against textbooks and papers and ensure consistency across batches.

Qualifications

• Graduates or equivalent with chemistry background.
• Hands-on experience publishing, teaching, or advising on chemistry topics at a professional level.
• Ability to apply multi-page rubrics consistently to long batches.
• Clear written reasoning citing methods, papers or worked examples.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against chemistry methods and conventions.
• Reproduce or sanity-check key derivations, calculations, or claims.
• Flag dimensional, methodological, and citation errors with structured severity tags.
• Capture corrected reasoning or worked examples for training.
• Adjudicate disputed answers against textbooks, papers or standards.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in inter-rater calibration cycles.

Skills

Scientific reasoning

Method validation

Citation review

Quantitative analysis

Chemistry

Education

Graduate-level training or equivalent

Job description

Chemistry Domain Expert is a remote review track for evaluating AI outputs across chemistry reasoning, calculations, and research workflows. Reviewers grade derivations and assumptions, reproduce key results, and document the correct method so the modeling team can train on it.

Why this role matters

Chemistry models live or die on whether their derivations actually hold up under scrutiny. AuraOne uses scientific specialists to grade outputs the way a peer reviewer would — checking assumptions, reproducing key steps, and capturing the right method alongside the wrong one.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current chemistry methods, conventions, and prior work for Chemistry Domain Expert assignments.
• Reproduce or sanity-check key derivations, calculations, or experimental claims.
• Flag dimensional, methodological, and citation errors with structured severity tags.
• Capture the corrected reasoning or worked example so the modeling team can train on it.
• Adjudicate disputed answers against textbooks, papers, or community standards.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in inter-rater calibration cycles.

Qualifications

• Graduate-level training or equivalent applied experience in chemistry or a closely related field for Chemistry Domain Expert work.
• Hands-on experience publishing, teaching, or advising on the topic at a professional level.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that cites methods, papers, or worked examples.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Example tasks

• Reproduce a chemistry derivation from a model output and flag any algebraic or dimensional errors.
• Grade a model's literature summary against the cited papers and rate the citation quality.
• Adjudicate a disputed answer between two reviewers using textbook methods.
• Audit a 25-row batch for rubric consistency and report drift to the program lead.

Nice to have

• PhD, postdoc, or industry research experience in the topic area.
• Prior work reviewing AI-assisted research tooling and its failure modes.
• Multilingual fluency for non-English papers and corpora.

Skills

• Scientific reasoning
• Method validation
• Citation review
• Quantitative analysis
• Chemistry

Work model

Remote — US-eligible. Remote · Independent specialist contractor. Employment type: CONTRACTOR. Applicants must be authorized to work from US.

Compensation

$90–$140 / hr

Application process

Apply through AuraOne's specialist intake for role-specific routing and review. Final project scope, schedule, and contractor terms are confirmed before placement.

Graduate-level training or equivalent applied experience in chemistry or a closely related field for Chemistry Domain Expert work. Hands-on experience publishing, teaching, or advising on the topic at a professional level. Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches. Clear written reasoning that cites methods, papers, or worked examples. Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.