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 and development, process chemistry, and reaction engineering, with a strong emphasis on safety and regulatory compliance. Capable of producing clear, technical writing that communicates complex concepts to non-specialists.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Synthetic Route DesignProcess ChemistryTechnical WritingRegulatory ChemistryGMP Method Development

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Hard Skills

Chemical Route ScalingReaction EngineeringKineticsImpurity ControlPrecursor SourcingControlled-Substance RegistrationMethod DevelopmentTroubleshooting

Soft Skills

Strong Writing Ability

Industry Keywords

Pharmaceutical ChemistryAgrochemicalFine ChemicalsGMP EnvironmentSafety Reviews

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 responses handled technical requests correctly
Write reference answers explaining what a correct response looks like and the technical reasoning behind it
Create prompts that distinguish routine process-chemistry questions from requests involving potential misuse
Provide written rationales understandable to non-specialists
Read and write about misuse scenarios in chemistry for sustained periods

Requirements

What you’ll need

Actual experience running chemical routes and scaling them from bench to pilot to plant
Ability to distinguish routine professional chemistry questions from potentially dangerous requests
Experience 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 processes from bench to pilot to plant, including associated safety reviews
Experience with precursor sourcing, controlled-substance registration, or regulatory chemistry
Experience with method development and troubleshooting in a GMP or equivalent quality environment
Strong writing ability; every judgment must include a rationale understandable to non-specialists
Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience is a strong signal
Must not use classified, export-controlled, NDA-protected, or prepublication-review information in the work
Must disclose any such obligations so the work can be scoped accordingly

Benefits

Comp & perks

Up to $250 for each successful referral
Reasonable accommodations upon request
Ability to pause or step away at any point without penalty