Chemistry Assessment Specialist

Gridnaut Recruiting seeks expert chemists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. Workers will develop rigorous multiple-choice questions spanning core chemistry domains and help establish benchmarks for AI capability assessment.

Location: Remote (US-based applicants only)

Employment Type: Other (Contract/Freelance)

Compensation: $35-$75/hour

Referral Bonus: $300

Posted: March 28, 2026

Task Types (Two Options):

• Question Authoring: Develop original challenging multiple-choice questions in chemistry expertise areas, rate difficulty levels, and submit for review.
• Question Verification: Examine pre-written questions for accuracy and clarity, edit as needed, rate difficulty, and document modifications.

Chemistry Domains: Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Miscellaneous Chemistry

Key Responsibilities:

• Create questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined
• Assign difficulty ratings: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), Expert (post-graduate+)
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but incorrect alternatives
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions in markdown format
• Supply 1-5 academic references per question from peer-reviewed sources
• Flag clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability issues during verification

Ideal Qualifications:

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field
• Master's degree acceptable for candidates with exceptional subdomain depth
• Strong command of graduate-level chemistry concepts, reaction mechanisms, and quantitative analysis
• Experience with rigorous academic problem design or chemistry olympiad writing preferred
• Excellent written English proficiency

Commitment: 10+ hours per week, asynchronous, fully remote