Remote Board-Certified Psychiatrist for AI Reasoning

Mercor; Sydney; Remote; AUD 250,000 - 356,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Psychiatry Expert to join our remote team. You will evaluate how large language models reason through complex psychiatric cases and design expert-level diagnostic challenges with clear clinical reasoning.

You will develop gold-standard answers, emphasize edge cases and risk assessment, and collaborate directly with research teams at a leading AI lab to push the boundaries of AI-assisted psychiatry.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of independent practice after residency.
• Active board certification in psychiatry (ABPN / FRCPC / MRCPsych / FRANZCP or equivalent).
• MD or DO degree required and licensed to practice.
• Residency completion (ACGME/AOA or national equivalent) is mandatory.

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.

Skills

3+ years independent practice

OSCE development/examiner experience

Subspecialty depth Addiction

Subspecialty depth Child/Adolescent

Subspecialty depth Forensic

Education

MD or DO

Completed psychiatry residency

Active board certification in psychiatry

Active unrestricted medical license

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Psychiatry Expert to join our remote team. You will evaluate how large language models reason through complex psychiatric cases and design expert-level diagnostic challenges with clear clinical reasoning.

You will develop gold-standard answers, emphasize edge cases and risk assessment, and collaborate directly with research teams at a leading AI lab to push the boundaries of AI-assisted psychiatry.