Synthetic, Process Chemist

Mercor

. Write challenging single-turn prompts in chemistry and chemical safety, labeled as benign, dual-use, or adversarial .

Posted 9/29/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $65 - $75 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in process chemistry, including synthetic route design, scale-up from bench to pilot to plant, and safety reviews. Strong technical writing skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to non-specialists.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Process ChemistrySynthetic Route DesignTechnical WritingScale-Up ExperienceRegulatory Chemistry

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Hard Skills

Chemical Route DevelopmentReaction EngineeringKineticsImpurity ControlMethod DevelopmentTroubleshootingGMP ComplianceSafety ReviewsPrecursor SourcingControlled-Substance Registration

Soft Skills

Strong Writing SkillsAnalytical Thinking

Industry Keywords

PharmaceuticalsAgrochemicalsFine ChemicalsTechnical ReasoningMisuse ScenariosAdversarial AssessmentDual-Use EvaluationBenign ClassificationExpert Witness ExperiencePublished Research

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Write challenging single-turn prompts in chemistry and chemical safety, labeled as benign, dual-use, or adversarial
Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard
Judge whether responses were handled correctly
Write reference answers describing correct responses and the technical reasoning behind them
Red-team frontier AI models to assess whether they identify misuse potential in technical requests
Distinguish legitimate process chemistry questions from requests seeking dangerous information
Sustain reading and writing about misuse scenarios in the chemistry domain

Requirements

What you’ll need

Practical experience running chemical routes and scaling them from bench to pilot to plant
Background in synthetic route design and development in pharmaceutical, agrochemical, or fine chemicals
Experience in process chemistry and reaction engineering, including optimisation, kinetics, and impurity control
Experience with scale-up from bench to pilot to plant and associated safety reviews
Experience with precursor sourcing, controlled-substance registration, or regulatory chemistry
Method development and troubleshooting in a GMP or equivalent quality environment
Ability to distinguish routine professional chemistry questions from potentially dangerous requests
Strong writing skills and ability to provide rationales understandable to non-specialists
Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience is a strong signal
Must not use classified, export-controlled, NDA-covered, or prepublication-review information in the work
Applicants with such obligations must disclose them so the work can be scoped accordingly
Sample or link demonstrating technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience requested

Benefits

Comp & perks

Up to $250 for each successful referral through the referral link
Reasonable accommodations upon request
Ability to pause or step away from misuse-scenario work at any point without penalty