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About the Role
Mercor is assembling a panel of chemistry domain experts to red-team frontier AI models. The goal is to test whether a model can correctly judge the misuse potential of a technical request; answering legitimate questions fully while refusing genuinely dangerous ones.
What You'll Do
Write challenging single-turn prompts in your domain, labelled across three levels: benign, dual-use, and adversarial.
Evaluate the responses that come back against a defined policy standard, and judge whether each was handled correctly.
Write the reference answer — what a correct response looks like, and the technical reasoning for why.
You're a Good Fit If You
We're looking for professionals with hands-on experience in synthesis, analytical chemistry, or chemical safety. Prior AI evaluation or red-teaming experience is preferred. Relevant backgrounds include:
Chemical Defense Researcher (USAMRICD, DoD, CDC) — toxicological agents and medical countermeasures.
Synthetic / Process Chemist — route design, reaction engineering and scale-up.
Analytical Chemist — detection and identification methods for hazardous compounds.
Industrial Hygienist / Process Safety Engineer — exposure assessment, toxic release and process hazard analysis.
Independent contractor engagement. Apply via the link below - Mercor handles onboarding and pays weekly via Stripe or Wise.
Common Questions
Mercor has a reliability rating of very reliable based on the listings we track, with an onboarding time of 1-3 weeks (interview + assessment + trial). See our full Mercor review for the details behind that rating.
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$65-$75/task - Independent contractor engagement. Apply via the link below - Mercor handles onboarding and pays weekly via Stripe or Wise.
Write challenging single-turn prompts in your domain, labelled across three levels: benign, dual-use, and adversarial. Evaluate the responses that come back against a defined policy standard, and judge whether each was handled correctly. Write the reference answer — what a correct response looks like, and the technical reasoning for why.
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We track 354 open Mercor roles on AI Work Expert. This role lists $65-$75/task. Our reliability rating for Mercor is very reliable, with an onboarding time of 1-3 weeks (interview + assessment + trial).
