Remote Quantum/Computational Chemist for AI Benchmarking

1000scholars; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; 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 author original, executable research problems that today's frontier models cannot solve.

Requirements include a PhD in chemistry (or closely related field), depth in quantum and computational chemistry, and proficiency in Python or R. Experience with Git/GitHub and Docker is preferred.

Qualifications

• PhD in chemistry, physical chemistry, theoretical chemistry, computational chemistry, or a closely related field.
• Depth in quantum chemistry and computational chemistry.
• Proficiency in Python or R for scientific computing; comfortable with GitHub and Docker in a pull-request workflow.

Responsibilities

• Source your own material: a published paper, a Kaggle dataset, an open-source repository, or a scenario you design.
• Write scientific prompts based on the input.
• Build the grading criteria that define a correct answer.
• Calibrate against frontier models to ensure failures are more frequent than successes.

Skills

Python

R

Scientific computing

Education

PhD in chemistry/related field

Tools

Git/GitHub

Docker

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 author original, executable research problems that today's frontier models cannot solve.

Requirements include a PhD in chemistry (or closely related field), depth in quantum and computational chemistry, and proficiency in Python or R. Experience with Git/GitHub and Docker is preferred.