Remote Board-Certified Psychiatrist for AI Research

mercor; Italia; Remote; EUR 172,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. This remote contract role as Psychiatry Expert focuses on evaluating how models reason through complex psychiatric cases and designing diagnostic challenges with clear clinical reasoning.

Applicants should hold an MD/DO, board certification in psychiatry, an unrestricted license, and 3+ years of independent practice. OSCE/examiner experience or subspecialty depth is a plus.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree with psychiatry residency completed.
• Active board certification in psychiatry (ABPN, FRCPC, MRCPsych, FRANZCP or equivalent).
• Unrestricted medical license and current licensure status.
• At least 3 years of independent practice after residency.
• Experience in accredited or government-licensed settings is preferred.

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

Clinical reasoning

Diagnostic skills

Edge-case analysis

Collaboration with researchers

Education

MD/DO degree

Completed psychiatry residency

Board certification in psychiatry

Unrestricted medical license

3+ years independent practice

Practice in accredited/government-licensed setting

Based in US/UK/Europe/Australia

Job description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. This remote contract role as Psychiatry Expert focuses on evaluating how models reason through complex psychiatric cases and designing diagnostic challenges with clear clinical reasoning.

Applicants should hold an MD/DO, board certification in psychiatry, an unrestricted license, and 3+ years of independent practice. OSCE/examiner experience or subspecialty depth is a plus.