Mental Health Expert (Contract)

Responsibilities vary by project and may include:

• Designing and testing AI chat scenarios
• Conducting qualitative conversation analysis
• Developing behavioral taxonomies, personas, and evaluation rubrics
• Providing expert feedback on internal mental health policy
• Collaborating with engineers and researchers on safety metrics
• Documenting edge cases and model failures
• Supporting testing and fine-tuning through structured scenarios
• Maintaining strict confidentiality and QA standards
• Participating in interdisciplinary review sessions

Successful candidates are proactive, reliable, communicative, and comfortable balancing independent work with collaboration.

• Graduate-level training (past or current) in psychology, counseling, social work, psychiatry, or related field
• Experience with crisis intervention, risk assessment, and severe psychopathology
• Familiarity with AI tools and LLMs
• Strong understanding of ethics and confidentiality
• Ability to work remotely and use Slack, LLM tools, and Microsoft Office
• Comfort with ambiguity and feedback-driven work
• Willingness to sign NDAs and work with sensitive content
• Availability up to 10 -40 hours per week when actively working on a project

Above and Beyond

• Completed degree and/or licensure
• 5+ years of clinical crisis experience
• Youth and young adult clinical experience
• Background in roleplay, theatre, or conversational design
• Trust & safety, content moderation, or behavioral data labeling experience
• Interest in AI, NLP, or ML in clinical settings
• Membership in online communities (e.g., Discord, Reddit)

Between $30 - $200/hour depending on experience and project requirements

IMPORTANT - How to Apply We can only accept and review and applications via our direct official recruiting portal: https://mpathic2.bamboohr.com/careers, due to the abundance of 3rd party apps and automated agents.

Only applications submitted directly by the applicant through our portal will be considered.