Organic Chemistry Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $110/hr Part-time

Role Summary

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 Research Collaborator (Part-time)
• Type: Contract
• Compensation: $80–$110/hour
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: Up to 20 hours/week
• Role Responsibilities

Review and evaluate research papers in chemistry for correctness, novelty, and significance.

Author and review challenging chemistry problems to train and evaluate frontier AI models .

Evaluate model outputs on tasks like retrosynthesis, mechanism prediction, and spectral interpretation.

Identify areas where current models fail, focusing on mistakes a working PhD chemist would catch.

Collaborate with a small program team and other senior contributors.

Requirements

• First-author or co-first-author publications in journals like JACS , Nature Chemistry , Science , or Nature Catalysis .
• A doctorate or postdoctoral training from a top-20 global institution in chemistry or a related STEM field.
• A competitive fellowship such as an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship or Sloan Research Fellowship .
• Issued patents, a spin-out company, or grants held as a named Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator .
• An International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal.
• Current or recent experience in an active research role, as a PhD candidate , postdoctoral researcher, or industry researcher.

Compensation & Legal

• W-2 employment provided by Cincinnatus LLC .
• Payroll and compliance managed by Cincinnatus LLC .
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