Energetic Materials Chemist - AI Trainer

About the role

AfterQuery builds the expert evaluation data that frontier AI labs use to measure and improve their models. We are hiring explosives and energetic materials experts as contractors to help make AI models safer in their domain.

Responsibilities

• Author prompts and scenarios that probe the boundary between safe and unsafe requests in your field
• Review and classify prompts written by other experts as safe or unsafe
• Write the domain analysis behind each judgment: why a prompt is acceptable, or where it crosses a line and why
• Revise your work based on structured reviewer feedback

Requirements

• Master's degree or higher in chemical engineering, chemistry, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline, with expertise in explosives or energetic materials
• Citizen of a Five Eyes country: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand
• Physically located in one of those five countries while doing the work
• Experience in explosives engineering, energetic materials research, ordnance, blasting, or defense research is a plus, not a requirement

Pay

$150/hr equivalent, paid at $85 per approved task

Schedule

Fully remote and asynchronous, on your own schedule

Contract details

Contract engagement, no sponsorship available