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Licensed Psychologist - Remote AI Safety Contract

123/hr
Remote
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Posted September 16, 2026
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Listing checked September 19, 2026 · pay as published by AfterQuery

Key details

Pay
$123/hr
Location
Remote
Job type
contract
Posted
September 16, 2026

Overview

AfterQuery assembles the expert evaluation and training data that frontier AI labs rely on to gauge what their models can and cannot do in real professional work. The company needs licensed psychologists to write clinical and behavioral scenarios, then judge how model output handles them. Day to day you draft vignettes that carry risk assessment and ethical tension, supply the reference answer with the reasoning behind it, and score what a model produces. Contributors here are practicing clinicians rather than annotators, and the engagement runs as ongoing project work instead of one-off batches.

What You'll Do7

  • Draft realistic clinical vignettes that fold in risk assessment, ethical conflict and behavioral detail.
  • Compose reference answers that show the clinical reasoning and safety framing behind each judgment call.
  • Score model responses for clinical accuracy, ethical soundness and handling of risk.
  • Identify outputs that read as warm and fluent yet get risk wrong, and explain the specific failure.
  • Apply risk assessment and safety planning standards when deciding whether a response meets clinical expectations.
  • Keep your vignettes grounded in the assessment, psychotherapy or testing work you already practice.
  • Turn around written evaluations on a schedule you set, at 10 hours per week or more.

Requirements9

  • Doctorate in psychology (PhD or PsyD) plus an active, unencumbered license to practice in the US.
  • At least two years of clinical or research practice completed after licensure.
  • Established depth in assessment, psychotherapy such as CBT or DBT, or psychological testing.
  • Direct experience with risk assessment and safety planning.
  • Ability to write clinical reasoning that another psychologist can follow without asking for clarification.
  • Capacity to commit a minimum of 10 hours per week to project work.
  • Board certification (ABPP) or an academic appointment is a plus.
  • Crisis intervention or suicide prevention protocol background is a plus.
  • Peer reviewed publications or a record of clinical supervision are a plus.

Who Should Apply

Licensed psychologists with a PhD or PsyD, two or more years post-licensure practice, and real command of risk assessment and safety planning. Clinicians who can explain a judgment call in writing, with the reasoning laid out step by step, fit this work best.

Salary Insight

The posting lists $123/hr, and AfterQuery states a band of $90 to $155/hr on this project. Your rate follows your experience level and gets set before you start rather than negotiated down afterward. Payment goes out weekly through Stripe, and psychologists with board certification or supervision experience typically land toward the upper end.

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Required skills

Clinical PsychologyPsychological AssessmentCbtDbtRisk AssessmentSafety PlanningSuicide PreventionCrisis InterventionPsychological TestingClinical SupervisionProfessional EthicsClinical ReasoningAI EvaluationModel GradingData Annotation

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