Synthetic / Process Chemist

Mercor

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

Posted 9/23/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $65 - $75 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in synthetic route design and development, process chemistry, and reaction engineering, with a strong emphasis on safety and regulatory compliance. Capable of producing clear, rationalized technical writing for diverse audiences, while evaluating AI models in the context of chemical safety and misuse potential.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Synthetic Route DesignProcess ChemistryTechnical WritingRegulatory ChemistryGMP Method Development

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Hard Skills

Synthetic Route DesignProcess ChemistryReaction EngineeringMethod DevelopmentTroubleshootingKineticsImpurity ControlPrecursor SourcingSafety ReviewScaling from Bench to Pilot to Plant

Soft Skills

Strong Writing SkillsAbility to Provide Rationales

Industry Keywords

PharmaceuticalAgrochemicalFine ChemicalsControlled-Substance RegistrationGMPTechnical RequestsMisuse ScenariosAdversarial PromptsDual-UseBenign

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 model responses handled technical requests correctly
Write reference answers describing correct responses and the technical reasoning behind them
Test frontier AI models' ability to assess the misuse potential of technical requests
Apply practitioner expertise to distinguish routine process chemistry from potentially dangerous requests
Provide written rationales for judgments that non-specialists can follow
Read and write about misuse scenarios in chemistry for sustained periods

Requirements

What you’ll need

Synthetic route design and development experience in pharmaceutical, agrochemical, or fine chemicals
Process chemistry and reaction engineering experience, including optimisation, kinetics, and impurity control
Experience scaling from bench to pilot to plant, including the associated safety review
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 requests involving misuse
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; include a sample or link
Must not use classified or export-controlled information, NDA-covered information, or information subject to prepublication review obligations

Benefits

Comp & perks

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