Remote Board-Certified Psychiatrist – AI Research Consultant

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 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.