Psychometrics Expert

Job overview

The Psychometrics Expert role is fully remote, with a commitment of 10+ hours per week. Compensation is $50–$63 per hour. The role supports Mercor’s work connecting technical and creative talent with AI research labs. The specialist creates and reviews psychology questions and solutions to assess deep conceptual understanding and guide AI model training. Clear, rigorous questions and verification feedback help improve the quality of model evaluation materials.

What you'll do

• Author original psychology questions that test conceptual understanding
• ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined
• rate question difficulty as Medium, Hard, or Expert
• provide one correct answer and nine plausible but incorrect alternatives
• write step-by-step solutions in markdown
• supply 1–5 academic references per question
• flag clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability issues in verification tasks and justify edits.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

psychometrics expert

mercor

remote

$50–$63/hr

10+ hours per week

applied psychology

question authoring

ai model training

research references

psychology theory

assessment design

remote work

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires a PhD, PsyD, or doctoral candidacy in psychology or a closely related field; a master’s degree may be considered for exceptional depth in a subdomain. Clinical licensure or psychology research publications are preferred.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.