Part-Time Chemistry Specialist for AI Model Benchmarking

Mercor; United States; À distance; USD 96 000 - 138 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Mercor seeks a Chemistry SME to contribute to ground-breaking AI research, applying deep laboratory expertise in synthetic chemistry to design benchmarks and evaluate AI models for chemistry tasks. The role is part-time and involves collaboration with leading AI labs through an international entity.

The candidate will design challenging tasks, assess model outputs, and help ensure data quality for training data and evaluation metrics, while engaging at least 20 hours per week on weekdays.

Qualifications

• PhD in chemistry (synthetic, organic, medicinal, analytical, physical or closely related).
• 3+ years hands-on chemistry experience at a recognized organization.
• Experience in small-molecule synthesis and multi-step route design.
• Analytical characterization using NMR, MS, IR and HPLC/LC-MS; interpret results.
• Familiarity with cheminformatics tools; no coding required.
• Available for at least 20 hours/week on weekdays.
• Nice to have: experience with SMILES/SMARTS, rubrics, benchmarking, or evaluating scientific AI models.

Responsabilités

• Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in synthetic chemistry, reaction mechanisms, structure elucidation, and physical-chemical property reasoning.
• Design non-searchable chemistry tasks, benchmarks, and training data; write solutions for multi-step routes and spectroscopic characterization.
• Evaluate AI model outputs and step-by-step reasoning; diagnose chemical logic and data quality issues.
• Develop specifications, grading rubrics and verification processes for chemistry data; act as domain authority on data quality.
• Advise on experimental design, lab failure modes, and chemical validity of model outputs, including SMILES representations.
• Collaborate with other SMEs to ensure consistency of training data.

Connaissances

Hands-on chemistry

Small-molecule synthesis

Analytical techniques (NMR, MS, IR, HN

Cheminformatics tools

Written communication

20 h/week availability

Formation

PhD in Chemistry

Outils

Smiles/SMARTS representations

Description du poste

Mercor seeks a Chemistry SME to contribute to ground-breaking AI research, applying deep laboratory expertise in synthetic chemistry to design benchmarks and evaluate AI models for chemistry tasks. The role is part-time and involves collaboration with leading AI labs through an international entity.

The candidate will design challenging tasks, assess model outputs, and help ensure data quality for training data and evaluation metrics, while engaging at least 20 hours per week on weekdays.