Computational Chemist - AI Trainer

DataAnnotation; Maine; Remote; USD 55,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

DataAnnotation is seeking a Chemist to evaluate AI chemical reasoning, flag unsafe or implausible mechanisms, and draft precise solutions for complex questions.

You will write prompts to probe mechanisms, review model outputs for errors, and provide the final correct answers with careful attention to reaction conditions and safety, enabling safer, more trustworthy AI-assisted chemistry work. The role is flexible, remote, and project-based, welcoming contributors from across the United States.

Qualifications

• Graduate-level chemistry background or equivalent lab experience.
• Comfort across organic, inorganic, or physical chemistry.
• Clear written English: explanations are the training signal.

Responsibilities

• Write prompts that probe chemical reasoning: mechanisms, synthesis routes, and spectra.
• Review AI output for impossible mechanisms, unsafe procedures, and misread spectra, and rate the reasoning.
• Write the correct answer when the model falls short, with proper attention to conditions and safety.

Skills

Chemistry knowledge

English writing

Education

Graduate-level chemistry background

Job description

Models routinely propose impossible mechanisms, unsafe procedures, and syntheses that no bench chemist would attempt.

As a Chemist you'll evaluate AI chemical reasoning, catch what's wrong or unsafe, and write the answers a trained chemist would give.

What you’ll actually do

• Write prompts that probe chemical reasoning: mechanisms, synthesis routes, and analytical interpretation.
• Review AI output for impossible mechanisms, unsafe procedures, and misread spectra, and rate the reasoning.
• Write the correct answer when the model falls short, with proper attention to conditions and safety.

What we look for

• Graduate-level chemistry background or equivalent lab experience.
• Comfort across organic, inorganic, or physical chemistry.
• Clear written English: your explanations are the training signal.
• No degree required. We care about what you can do, not where you learned it.

Compensation

Up to $40 – $125+/hr depending on task difficulty and specialization. Many contributors add $10k–$100k+ a year; some make it their full-time income.

About DataAnnotation

DataAnnotation is where 100k+ experts train the world’s leading AI models. $150M+ paid to contributors to date, and the average contributor stays 5+ years. Flexible, remote, and always project-available.