Synthetic, Process Chemist

Mercor

. Write challenging single-turn prompts in chemistry and chemical safety, labelled 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 synthetic route design, process chemistry, and technical writing, with a strong focus on evaluating chemical safety and misuse potential. Proficient in method development within GMP environments and capable of providing clear rationales for technical judgments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Synthetic Route DesignProcess ChemistryTechnical WritingGMP Method DevelopmentRegulatory Chemistry

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Hard Skills

Synthetic Route DesignProcess ChemistryReaction EngineeringKineticsImpurity ControlMethod DevelopmentTroubleshootingTechnical WritingChemical Safety EvaluationPrecursor Sourcing

Soft Skills

JudgmentAnalytical ThinkingCommunication

Industry Keywords

PharmaceuticalsAgrochemicalsFine ChemicalsGMPControlled-Substance RegistrationRegulatory ComplianceSafety ReviewExport-Controlled InformationNDA-Covered InformationPrepublication Review

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Write challenging single-turn prompts in chemistry and chemical safety, labelled as benign, dual-use, or adversarial
Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard
Judge whether each response was handled correctly
Write reference answers describing what a correct response looks like and the technical reasoning behind it
Red-team frontier AI models on their ability to assess technical-request misuse potential
Draw reliable distinctions between legitimate process-chemistry questions and genuinely dangerous requests

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 scaling from bench to pilot to plant, with the associated safety review
Experience with precursor sourcing, controlled-substance registration, or regulatory chemistry
Experience with method development and troubleshooting in a GMP or equivalent quality environment
Ability to distinguish routine professional chemistry questions from requests with misuse potential
Strong technical writing skills; every judgment must include a rationale understandable to a non-specialist
Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience is a strong signal; applicants should include a sample or link
Ability to read and write about misuse scenarios in the field for sustained periods
Must not use classified or export-controlled information, NDA-covered information, or information subject to prepublication review obligations
Qualified applicants must meet applicable legal requirements; reasonable accommodations available upon request

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