Psychiatry Expert - Subspecialty Focus

mercor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 157,000 - 213,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The Psychiatry Expert will work remotely under a contract to evaluate how large language models reason through complex psychiatric cases and to design expert-level diagnostic challenges that current models fail to solve.

The role requires a completed psychiatry residency, active board certification in psychiatry, and an unrestricted medical license, with collaboration across research teams at a top AI lab.

Qualifications

• MD/DO degree required.
• Completed psychiatry residency.
• Active board certification in psychiatry.

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

Psychiatry

Clinical reasoning

Diagnostic skills

Education

MD/DO

Psychiatry residency

Board certification in psychiatry

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.