Quantum Chemistry AI Researcher (Part-Time, 6 Weeks)

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 8,266,000 - 11,572,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is hiring PhD and Master's scientists to author AI evaluation tasks (Sci Code) for a new benchmark in scientific computing. You will craft original, executable research problems that frontier models currently cannot solve.

This 6-week, part-time role involves sourcing materials, writing prompts, building grading criteria, and calibrating against state-of-the-art models, with a focus on chemistry-related subdomains and a strong coding emphasis.

Qualifications

• PhD in chemistry, physical chemistry, theoretical chemistry, computational chemistry, or closely related field.
• Demonstrated depth in quantum chemistry and computational chemistry.
• Working proficiency in Python, R, or another relevant programming language for scientific computing.
• Comfortable with Git/GitHub and running code in Docker with PR workflows.

Responsibilities

• Source material: a published paper, Kaggle dataset, open-source repo, or a self-designed scenario.
• Write scientific prompts based on the input.
• Build grading criteria that define a correct answer.
• Calibrate against frontier models; ship a task when models fail more often than they succeed.

Skills

Python

Git/GitHub

Docker

Research skills

Education

PhD in chemistry or related field

Tools

Jupyter

Job description

Mercor is hiring PhD and Master's scientists to author AI evaluation tasks (Sci Code) for a new benchmark in scientific computing. You will craft original, executable research problems that frontier models currently cannot solve.

This 6-week, part-time role involves sourcing materials, writing prompts, building grading criteria, and calibrating against state-of-the-art models, with a focus on chemistry-related subdomains and a strong coding emphasis.