Remote AI Chemistry Research Fellow — Part-Time

ACS; New York (NY); Remote; USD 83,000 - 179,000; Part time

Job summary

Handshake is seeking experienced chemists for flexible, part-time contract work to support AI research in computational, physical, or theoretical chemistry. You will evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback to help AI reason like a practicing chemist.

This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current role, with remote, asynchronous work and no fixed schedule.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master in Chemistry or related field; MS with pharma/materials exp qualifies.
• Proficiency across multiple quantum chemistry, MD, and cheminformatics platforms.
• Experience running production simulations or DFT pipelines in pharma/materials/energy research.

Responsibilities

• Create expert-level computational chemistry problems grounded in real simulation, modeling, and reaction workflows.
• Review AI-generated responses for technical accuracy, reproducibility, and alignment with actual work.
• Provide structured written feedback to improve AI model performance.
• Complete tasks at your own pace with no set schedule or minimum hour requirement.

Skills

Computational chemistry

AI feedback

Scientific writing

Independent work

Education

PhD in Chemistry

Master in Chemistry

Tools

Quantum chemistry platforms

Cheminformatics platforms

Job description

Handshake is seeking experienced chemists for flexible, part-time contract work to support AI research in computational, physical, or theoretical chemistry. You will evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback to help AI reason like a practicing chemist.

This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current role, with remote, asynchronous work and no fixed schedule.