Computational Chemist - Fully Remote

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

• Position: Chemistry PhD Coding Experts
• Type: Contract
• Compensation: $70/hour
• Location: Remote
• Duration: 6 weeks
• Commitment: 20+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Source material from published papers, Kaggle datasets, open-source repositories, or scenarios you design.
• Write scientific prompts based on the input to challenge AI models .
• Build grading criteria that define a correct answer for scientific tasks.
• Calibrate tasks against frontier models, ensuring tasks ship only when strong models fail more often than they succeed.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

• PhD in chemistry, physical chemistry, theoretical chemistry, computational chemistry, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated depth in both 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 .

Preferred

• Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• Prior scientific software or research engineering experience.

Start Date

• Immediate

Interview Process

• A 25-minute conversational interview covering your background, experience, and motivations.
• Follow up within a few days with next steps and onboarding.

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