Remote Philosophy Assessment & AI Training Specialist

Obsidian; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Obsidian is seeking expert philosophers to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core philosophy domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

You may focus on Question Authoring or Question Verification, rate each item’s difficulty, provide 1 correct answer with 9 plausible distractors, and document edits with

Qualifications

• Philosophy-focused qualifications including advanced argumentation and logic.
• PhD or doctoral candidate status is preferred; strong written English required.
• Experimental evaluation of questions and ability to provide rigorous reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Author original philosophy questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible distractors.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions in markdown format.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.
• For verification tasks: flag clarity, completeness, precision, solvability and justify edits.

Skills

Philosophical argumentation

Formal logic

Clear writing

Academic references

Education

PhD

Master's degree in philosophy

Job description

Obsidian is seeking expert philosophers to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core philosophy domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

You may focus on Question Authoring or Question Verification, rate each item’s difficulty, provide 1 correct answer with 9 plausible distractors, and document edits with