Remote Pod Lead, Computational Chemistry & AI Evaluation

Zettamine Labs; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

ZettaMine is seeking a POD Lead Chemistry Expert for a short-term remote freelancing project in Frontier AI Research, Computational Chemistry & AI Model Evaluation. The role requires PhD/postdoc level chemistry expertise, strong coding in Python/C++/Julia/Fortran, and deep computational chemistry background.

Expect 40 hrs/week with daily overlap to PST, and a focus on high-quality scientific task design and review.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent research experience in Chemistry or related field.
• Strong programming in Python, C/C++, Julia or Fortran.
• Proficiency with Linux and terminal environments.
• Experience in Computational Chemistry and Molecular Simulation.
• Ability to review code, analyses, or manuscripts for quality.
• Knowledge of quantum chemistry, thermodynamics, and modeling.
• Experience designing tests or benchmarks for scientific tasks.
• Experience mentoring technical teams and documenting requirements.
• Excellent written communication for technical feedback.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a pod of 5–10 technical trainers for terminal-based tasks.
• Review tasks end to end: statements, structures, spectra, data, and tests.
• Validate tasks in quantum chemistry, molecular simulation, and thermodynamics.
• Ensure tasks reflect authentic chemistry workflows and multi-step reasoning.
• Verify software versions, methods, basis sets, dependencies and envs.
• Check chemical correctness: geometry, SCF, vibrational frequencies.
• Review graders to ensure evaluation of energies, geometries, properties.
• Identify inaccuracies, unrealistic assumptions, and inappropriate tolerances.
• Screen for chemical safety and escalate hazardous content when needed.
• Provide actionable feedback, track revisions, and manage blockers.
• Onboard and mentor trainers, allocate work, monitor quality.
• Maintain task design guidelines and best practices.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Julia

Fortran

Linux

Terminal

Computational Chemistry

Molecular Simulation

Cheminformatics

Data Analysis

Education

PhD or postdoctoral experience

Advanced research in Chemistry

Tools

PySCF

Psi4

ORCA

xTB

CP2K

NWChem

GROMACS

OpenMM

AmberTools

RDKit

Open Babel

ASE

MDAnalysis

Job description

ZettaMine is seeking a POD Lead Chemistry Expert for a short-term remote freelancing project in Frontier AI Research, Computational Chemistry & AI Model Evaluation. The role requires PhD/postdoc level chemistry expertise, strong coding in Python/C++/Julia/Fortran, and deep computational chemistry background.

Expect 40 hrs/week with daily overlap to PST, and a focus on high-quality scientific task design and review.