Research Chemist position at Mercor, responsible for evaluating AI model performance on chemistry problems, reviewing and annotating tasks, producing original problem sets, and applying quality checks.

Requirements

  • PhD in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
  • MS in Chemistry with 3+ years research or industry experience
  • BS in Chemistry with 5+ years lab, synthesis, or QC experience
  • Working fluency in at least two of: organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, biochemistry
  • Comfortable reading and interpreting reaction schemes, spectra (NMR, IR, MS), and phase diagrams
  • Clear technical writing; able to articulate reasoning step-by-step in written form