Chemical Safety Expert — Red Teaming

Job overview

The Chemical Safety Expert — Red Teaming role is remote, with work described as remote and compensation of $65–$75 per task. Mercor connects technical talent with AI research labs. The expert creates and evaluates chemistry prompts and model responses against defined policy standards, producing technically grounded reference answers and clear rationales to support AI safety evaluation.

What you'll do

• Write challenging single-turn chemistry prompts labeled benign, dual-use, or adversarial
• evaluate responses against policy standards
• judge correctness
• write reference answers with technical reasoning
• calibrate mechanism and procedure
• provide rationales understandable to non-specialists
• read and write about chemistry misuse scenarios.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

chemical safety expert

red teaming

remote

mercor

chemistry

ai safety

prompt writing

model evaluation

chemical safety

technical writing

synthesis

analytical chemistry

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Contract opportunity. Hands-on experience in synthesis, analytical chemistry, or chemical safety and experience in technical writing, published research, or expert witness work are required; AI red-teaming or model evaluation experience is preferred.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.