Chemistry Specialist | Contractor | Worldwide Remote | 8-Week Engagement
Turing is seeking a skilled Chemistry Specialist to design and develop high-quality chemistry reasoning datasets that evaluate and enhance the scientific reasoning capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs). This is a fully remote freelance opportunity with a leading AI research accelerator based in San Francisco, CA.
About Turing
Turing is the world's leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems. We help accelerate frontier research with high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, and top AI researchers specializing in coding, reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and agents.
Role Overview
As a Chemical Reasoning & Discovery Engineer, you will create rigorous, reproducible chemistry-centered evaluation tasks that challenge LLMs to analyze experimental data, identify chemical relationships, infer reaction rules, estimate parameters, and predict outcomes under varying conditions.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Design chemistry-based reasoning scenarios using experimental results, molecular data, and simulated chemical systems.
- Author multi-step tasks involving reaction analysis, chemical property inference, parameter estimation, and predictive reasoning.
- Develop evaluation problems focused on pattern discovery, reaction mechanisms, model selection, and scientific consistency checks.
- Create deterministic solutions, reference explanations, and detailed scoring rubrics for model assessment.
- Collaborate with reviewers and LLM engineers to ensure scientific accuracy, clarity, and reproducibility across datasets.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in chemistry, chemical research, scientific computing, laboratory analysis, or related analytical fields.
- Strong knowledge of chemical principles, scientific reasoning, quantitative modeling, and data interpretation.
- Expertise in experimental design, reaction mechanisms, stoichiometry, thermodynamics, kinetics, or simulation-based analysis.
- Ability to communicate complex chemical concepts clearly through structured documentation.
- Exceptional attention to detail, logical consistency, and commitment to reproducible outcomes.
Engagement Details
- Type: Contractor/Freelancer (no medical or paid leave benefits)
- Duration: 8 weeks
- Overlap Required: 4 hours with Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Perks
- Fully remote work environment.
- Opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge AI projects with leading LLM companies.
- Potential for contract extension based on performance and project needs.
