Remote | Chemistry Specialist — $70–$90/hour
About The Position
We are sharing a specialised consulting opportunity for experienced Chemistry professionals with strong expertise in wet-lab methods, chemical reactions, experimental design, analytical chemistry, scientific documentation, and laboratory problem solving to contribute to an advanced AI training and scientific-evaluation project. Selected professionals will design and analyse chemistry experiments, interpret results, review methodologies, and provide rigorous scientific feedback supporting next-generation AI systems. The work requires strong hands-on laboratory experience, critical thinking, and clear technical communication. No prior experience in AI is required.
Requirements
- Extensive hands-on wet-lab experience
- Strong experimental-design and chemical-reaction expertise
- Strong background in analytical chemistry
- Experience with laboratory instrumentation and separation techniques
- Strong understanding of reproducibility, quality control, and laboratory best practices
- Experience in research, product development, process optimisation, or quality-control environments is valuable
- Strong critical-thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, laboratory, research institution, manufacturer, or other third party
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in Chemistry or a closely related discipline; PhD preferred
- Familiarity with laboratory safety, regulatory, or quality guidelines is advantageous
- Experience working across interdisciplinary projects is beneficial
- No prior AI-training or model-evaluation experience is required
Responsibilities
- Design and evaluate qualitative and quantitative chemistry experiments
- Analyse chemical reactions, mechanisms, reaction conditions, and expected outcomes
- Review experimental setup, controls, measurements, instrumentation, and reproducibility
- Identify potential sources of error, contamination, or unexpected behaviour
- Recommend improvements to experimental and laboratory workflows
- Review analytical methods, separation techniques, and laboratory datasets
- Assess whether methods are appropriate for the scientific question
- Interpret instrumentation results and identify limitations or uncertainty
- Apply sound scientific judgement to research, quality-control, product-development, and process-optimisation scenarios
- Evaluate quality and safety considerations where relevant
- Review AI-generated chemistry content for scientific accuracy
- Identify incorrect assumptions, reaction errors, or weak reasoning
- Document methods, findings, assumptions, and limitations clearly
- Provide structured feedback supporting model improvement
- Explain complex chemistry concepts to technical and non-specialist audiences
Benefits
- Independent contractor engagement
- Fully remote
- Compensation: $70–$90/hour
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
