Chemical Engineer Expert
We're hiring chemical engineers as contractors to author and grade the process design and safety scenarios those evaluations run on.
Hiring companyAfterQuery Experts
About the role
No screen recording, no keystroke monitoring, no idle timers.
Independent contractor. Ongoing project work rather than single task batches.
Why Apply
- $100 to $130/hr, paid weekly via Stripe.
- 100% remote and fully async.
- Shape how frontier models reason about chemical engineering.
- Ongoing project work with hours you set each week.
Responsibilities
- Author realistic process scenarios, from mass balances through safety review.
- Write reference answers with the process and safety reasoning behind each decision.
- Grade model output for technical accuracy and process safety.
- Flag designs that read plausible but would be unsafe or infeasible at scale.
- Author realistic process scenarios from mass balances through safety review.
- Write reference answers with the process and safety reasoning behind each decision.
- Grade model output for technical accuracy and process safety.
- Flag designs that read plausible but would be unsafe or infeasible at scale.
Required skills
- Depth in process design, process safety, or scale up.
Preferred skills
- PE license or process safety certifications.
- Process simulation depth such as Aspen Plus or HYSYS.
- Regulated industry experience such as pharma or petrochemical.
Experience and education
- Engineers with a degree in chemical engineering or a closely related field.
- Practitioners with at least 2 years of process, plant, or product engineering experience.
- Engineers with depth in process design, process safety, or scale up.
- Clear writers who can document the reasoning behind a process decision.
- Degree in chemical engineering or a closely related field.
- 2+ years of process, plant, or product engineering experience.
Language requirements
- Clear written English for documenting process reasoning.
Assessment requirements
Apply at /apply/chemical-engineer-expert. About five minutes. Resume plus a few structured questions.
Resume review. Every application gets read against a published rubric and gets a decision.
Written assessment. You may be asked to take a written assessment for further placement.
Onboarding. Sign the contractor agreement, connect Stripe, and get platform access.
Project match. You're matched to live work in your specialty, usually within a week of onboarding.
Schedule details
Fully remote, fully async. No fixed hours.
Minimum 10 hours per week, no maximum. Scale up or down week to week.
Able to commit at least 10 hours per week.
Time Commitment: 10 hours/week.
Start Date: ASAP.
End Date: Ongoing.
Eligibility
Work arrangement: Fully remote
Compensation details
- $100 - $130/hr.
- $100 to $130/hr, paid weekly via Stripe. Your rate is set from your experience, not negotiated down after you start.
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