Board-Certified Psychiatrist - Fully Remote | Upto $150/hr

mercor; Österreich; Remote; EUR 152,000 - 217,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Psychiatry Expert to evaluate how AI models reason through complex psychiatric cases in a remote contractor role. You will design diagnostic challenges and develop gold-standard answers with clear clinical reasoning, collaborating with research teams at a leading AI lab.

Applicants should have completed psychiatry residency, MD or DO, active board certification, a current medical license, and at least 3 years of independent practice.

Qualifications

• Completed psychiatry residency with recognized accreditation.
• Medical degree: MD or DO.
• Active board certification in psychiatry by ABPN, FRCPC, MRCPsych, FRANZCP, or equivalent.
• Active, unrestricted medical license.
• Minimum 3 years of independent practice after residency.
• Practice in an accredited or government-licensed setting.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate how large language models reason through advanced psychiatric cases.
• Design expert-level diagnostic and reasoning challenges that current models fail.
• Develop gold-standard answers with clear clinical reasoning.
• Emphasize edge cases, nuanced differentials, and risk assessment.
• Collaborate with research teams at a leading AI lab.
• Provide feedback on common failure modes in model reasoning.

Skills

Psychiatry

Clinical reasoning

Research collaboration

Board certification

Education

MD or DO

Completed psychiatry residency

Job description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Psychiatry Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $150/hour
Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Evaluate how large language models reason through advanced psychiatric cases.
• Design expert-level diagnostic and reasoning challenges that current models fail.
• Develop gold-standard answers with clear clinical reasoning.
• Emphasize edge cases, nuanced differentials, and risk assessment.
• Collaborate directly with research teams at a leading AI lab.
• Provide feedback on common failure modes in model reasoning.

Qualifications

• Completed psychiatry residency: ACGME , AOA , or national equivalent.
• Medical degree : MD or DO .
• Active board certification in psychiatry: ABPN , FRCPC , MRCPsych , FRANZCP , or recognized national equivalent.
• Active, unrestricted medical license.
• 3+ years of independent practice after residency.
• Practice in an accredited or government-licensed setting.
• Based in the US , UK , Europe , or Australia .

Preferred

• 10+ direct patient-contact hours per week , current.
• Psychiatry-Specific Subspecialty depth in Addiction , Child/Adolescent , Forensic , Geriatric , or Consultation-Liaison .
• OSCE development or examiner experience.
• Faculty appointment in a department of psychiatry, current or within 2 years.

Interview Process

• Complete a short interview ( 20–30 minutes ).
• The interview explores your clinical background and subspecialty expertise.