Remote Philosophy Expert — AI Assessment & Content Creator

Obsidian; New York (NY); Remote; USD 55,000 - 124,000; 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 will be assigned one of two task types: Question Authoring or Question Verification, both remote and asynchronous, with a commitment of 10+ hours per week.

Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Philosophy or a closely related field.
• Master's degree considered for exceptional depth in a subdomain.
• Strong command of philosophical argumentation, formal logic, and canonical texts.
• Research publications or teaching experience is a strong plus.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly.

Responsibilities

• Author original philosophy questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible distractors with subtle distinctions.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear reasoning in markdown.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity or solvability and justify edits.

Skills

Philosophical argumentation

Formal logic

Academic writing

Question design

Critical thinking

Education

PhD in Philosophy

Master's in Philosophy (exceptional depth)

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 will be assigned one of two task types: Question Authoring or Question Verification, both remote and asynchronous, with a commitment of 10+ hours per week.