Research Psychologist

About the job

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: Psychology Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$78/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Author, review, and annotate technical tasks to evaluate AI model performance on psychology problems.
• Produce original problem sets grounded in experimental designs, statistical plots, and behavioral data figures.
• Write reference solutions and apply structured quality checks.
• Provide clear, structured feedback to improve training data quality and downstream performance.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

• PhD in Psychology , PsyD , or MS in Psychology with 3+ years clinical, research, or applied experience.
• BA/BS in Psychology with 5+ years applied research, clinical support, or teaching experience.
• Working fluency in at least two of: cognitive, clinical, developmental, social, biological psychology.
• Comfortable reading and interpreting experimental designs, statistical plots, and behavioral data figures.
• Clear technical writing; able to articulate reasoning step-by-step in written form.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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