Chemistry Specialist, Synthetic & Analytical Chemistry

Gridnaut Recruiting is hiring a remote Chemistry Specialist, Synthetic & Analytical Chemistry contractor (pay $70–$100/hr). Contribute to frontier AI research and evaluation work. Ideal candidates: Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in synthetic chemistry, reaction mechanisms, structure elucidation, and physical-chemical property reasoning.; Design challenging, non-searchable chemistry tasks, benchmarks and training data, and write accurate, well-structured solutions to problems such as multi-step route design, reaction optimization and spectroscopic characterization.; Evaluate AI model outputs and step-by-step reasoning on chemistry tasks, diagnosing errors in chemical logic, tool usage and factual accuracy, and provide clear, written technical feedback.; Develop specifications, grading rubrics and verification processes for chemistry data produced by external technical teams, and act as the domain authority on data quality.; Remote, independent contractor engagement through Gridnaut Recruiting..